Toronto Police Say Tunnel Mystery Is Solved

OTTAWA — Toronto’s mystery tunnel has turned out to be a place for a couple of guys to get away from it all, more a “man cave” than a terrorist threat.

After being stumped for more than a month by a 33-foot-long, hand-dug and carefully reinforced tunnel to nowhere, the Toronto Police said Monday that they had identified two men in their 20s who did the backbreaking work.

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But even if the tunnelers have breached municipal bylaws or conservation regulations, they apparently have nothing to fear. Rick Sikorski, a spokesman for the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, said that given that the police had closed their case, it did not plan to pursue the men.

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