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Mexican soldiers find suspected drug tunnel entrance hidden inside wardrobe

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    April 7, 2015: A policeman checks the access to a suspected drug tunnel under construction, which is located inside a wardrobe, during a media tour by Mexican Army in Tijuana. (Reuters)

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    April 7, 2015: Soldiers stand guard outside a house, where a suspected drug tunnel under construction was located, during a media tour by Mexican Army in Tijuana. (Reuters)

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    April 7, 2015: A makeshift cart with containers is seen at a suspected drug tunnel under construction during a media tour by Mexican Army in Tijuana. (Reuters)

Mexican soldiers arrested nine people Tuesday after finding a suspected drug tunnel underneath a house in Tijuana.

The entrance to the tunnel was hidden inside a wardrobe in a house next to a Mexican Air Force installation and a regional federal police facility, Reuters reports.

The tunnel was wired with lights and extended north about 500 feet, but it was not believed to have entered American soil, according to Lauren Mack, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Soldiers caught the suspects as they tried to flee the construction site and seized a truck allegedly being used to carry dirt away, the U-T San Diego reports.