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Robots used to search drug smuggling tunnels vary in size but are equipped with lights, a camera and the ability to retract their running gear to fit into narrow spaces. (Photo by Kasey Brammell/Cronkite News) Border Patrol agents in September found 7.5 pounds of cocaine in a lead-lined compartment in …

The battered white van looks like it has been abandoned – its front bumper is missing and one of the rear tyres is partially deflated. A few people mill around nearby, talking and laughing in the otherwise quiet square. They don’t notice the wisp of smoke curling out from beneath …