Red faces at US Base as Korean crooks' booze tunnel comes to light

Great headline...

"Two thieves smuggled nearly 58,000 crates of beer and 4,000 boxes of wine worth £1.2m through a secret tunnel under the high-security perimeter of the United States main military base in Seoul.

American forces in South Korea are supposed to be on high alert against intrusions by North Korean commandos and anti-base protesters. But the thieves ferried stolen alcohol through the tunnel for two years before their arrest this week.

The US military is investigating the spectacularly embarrassing security lapse. The two men, referred to only by their surnames - Lee and Song - worked at the Yongsan army base.

According to local media, they initially used a van to transport the goods they stole from the facility's warehouse, but later embarked on an elab orate plan to shift the alcohol in bulk. Setting up a cafe - the U-Turn Espresso Coffee Shop - just outside the base as a cover for the entrance of the shaft, they dug a 20-metre (66ft) passage into the warehouse."

Full story:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/korea/article/0,2763,1035997,00.html

So....the US army can't detect a 20 metre tunnel dug into its main base in South Korea???

Try saying it out loud three times ;)

Pretty embarrassing for the US, though.

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