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  'Tinky' arrested day after drug tunnel found in house
  Posted: Mar 24, 2016 / 05:17 PM PDT / Updated: Mar 25, 2016 / 09:00 AM PDT
  Fed agent takes picture of exit point of cross-border drug tunnel.
  CALEXIO, Calif. – The owner of the house in Calexico where the cross-border drug tunnel opening was discovered was arrested Thursday in Tucson, Arizona, federal officials said.
  U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents nabbed Enrique Cruz, also known as "Tinky," a day after a multi-agency investigation resulted in the discovery of a drug tunnel that linked a restaurant in Mexicali to a Calexico residence.
  According to a criminal complaint, Cruz traveled from Arizona to Calexico on multiple occasions at the end of 2014 to look for property that would serve as the exit point of a tunnel from Mexicali. Cruz ultimately purchased the property at 902 E. Third Street in Calexico.
  In addition to purchasing the property, Cruz and his coconspirators hired local contractors to build a new house.
  Contractors were instructed to leave a space in the foundation for a "floor safe," federal officials said.
  According to court documents, Cruz rented a walk-behind saw and concrete blade on January 27, 2016, to widen the exit point of the tunnel."
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  It is the first time in this district that drug traffickers are known to have purchased property and constructed a house for the sole purpose of concealing the exit of a drug tunnel, federal agents said.
  Cruz and three other people were arrested and face charges, including drug trafficking and money laundering.