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San Ysidro, California mdash; As the U.S. beefs up security at the border, Mexican cartels are finding new and creative ways to smuggle drugs into the country. A sophisticated tunnel was revealed by U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Wednesday.It runs three-fourths of a mile and is the longest tunnel ever to be discovered by U.S. officials. It started in Mexico and ran under part of the newly fortified border into the U.S. Deputy Chief Aaron Heitke said smugglers move everything through the tunnels. It s going to be people, it s going to be narcotics, the poten
stanley cup tial for weapons and ammunition, he said. A look inside a tunnel discovered at the border that starts in Tijuana. U.S. Customs and Border Protection Ten miles away is another k
stanley cup ey smuggling route for Mexican drug cartels. Bordering Tijuana, San Ysidro, California, is the busiest port of entry in North America. Sources told CBS News sometimes cartels use spotters to keep track of how the drugs are flowing from Mexico into the U.S. Drug seizures at U.S. borders are up over the past five years. Cocaine seizures have doubled, meth seizures are up nearly 170% in that same time, and fentanyl seizures are up a staggering 3,500%.Seized vehicles that CBS News saw have been use
stanley cup d to hide drugs in secret compartments. In just one, 24 kilos of meth was hidden in a rocker panel. Uoiq McDonald s unveiled an automated store. Some consumers aren t loving it.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- An experimental
adidas campus glass penny made during World War II, possibly the only one of its kind, has sold at auction for $70,500.Heritage Auctions announced Friday that the penny was sold during Thursdayrsquo auction based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to an American buyer who wishes to remain anonymous.During the war, copper was needed for ammunition. The U.S. Mint authorized test
salomon s that included making uncirculated pennies from other metals, plastic and rubber. The Blue Ridge Glass Co. in Tennessee, a manufacturer that no longer exists, made experimental pennies using tempered glass. The pennyrsquo former owner, Roger Burdette, says the coinsrsquo; impressions werenrsquo;t precise, their weight and size werenrsquo;t uniform and they developed sharp edges. He says they were likely destroyed. He says only one other glass penny exists, and it is broken.The Mint made 1943 pennies from low-grade steel covered in zinc. It started making copper pennies again by 1944. More from CBS News Andy Warhol pieces stolen and damaged in amateurish gallery heist
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