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TECATE - A U.S. Border Patrol agent found a large stash of marijuana and the opening to an apparent smuggling tunnel today in a commercial trailer about 350 yards north of the U.S.-Mexico line, officials reported.

The federal officer's service dog led him to the roughly 30-foot-long storage structure in an industrial area off State Route 188 in Tecate about 5 a.m., USBP spokesman Matthew Johnson said.

When the agent looked inside, he saw a man with a pistol in his waistband disappear into a hole in the floor of the trailer, Johnson said.

Stacked inside the unit - from floor to ceiling in spots - were wrapped bundles of cannabis, according to Johnson.

The officer called in the multi-agency San Diego Tunnel Task Force, which will determine the best and safest way to investigate if the subterranean passageway leads into Mexico, as authorities suspect. CNS-12-03-2007 14:46

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