DRUG TUNNEL FOUND UNDER B.C.-U.S. BORDER

SEATTLE (AP) -- U.S. government agents have shut down a drug-smuggling
tunnel built under the Canadian border near Lynden, Wash., a government
source said Wednesday.

Authorities had been monitoring construction of the tunnel for eight months
and sealed it Wednesday, shortly after it opened, making three to five
arrests in the process, said the source, a government employee who had been
briefed by local law-enforcement officials.

The exact length of the tunnel was not known. It ran from a building on the
Canadian side at 0 Avenue and 268 Street, just east of the Aldergrove
border crossing, to a house on the U.S. side, 90 metres from the border,
the source said.

The source spoke on the condition of anonymity because the news had not yet
been made public. A news release was expected this morning. Emily Langlie,
a spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Seattle, declined comment,
as did Michael Milne, a spokesman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The source said the investigation was handled largely by the Drug
Enforcement Administration and the FBI, which did not immediately return a
call Wednesday.