He was arrested in his scuba gear and a breathing tank with a "rebreather" to prevent surface bubbles, apart from 25 vacuum-sealed and giftwrapped packages that held a total of 55 pounds of cocaine. He has pleaded guilty in federal court in San Diego. He would face 20-years in prison if sentenced.
This has been reported in foxnews.com dated 20 August 2015.
The police also discovered a 150-foot-long tunnel that began at a house in Mexicali, Mexico, and ended under the water of the canal. The modus operandi was to put the drugs on a trolley system on the dry Mexico side of the tunnel. The smugglers would then use scuba gear to retrieve it from under the canal's water from an opening normally invisible because of being obscured by rocks.
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