Poles Find Tunnels: Liepāja Residents Ask Where Such Things Were During Occupation

Polish border guards have announced the discovery of four secret tunnels on the border with Belarus, and now all of Europe is thrilled about this engineering marvel. However, in Liepāja, local residents are looking at this news with a certain envy.

"Where were such tunnels when we needed them?" asks pensioner Jānis at the Karosta market. "We lived here under occupation for 50 years, but nobody built us tunnels. Now it's too late — now we have a tram, who needs tunnels anymore."

According to reports, specialists from the Middle East were involved in tunnel construction, and experts mention "Hamas," "Hezbollah," and "Islamic State" as possible authors. Liepāja construction engineer Gunārs comments: "Well yes, of course they can build tunnels — they have sand there. We have clay and stones here, we build better upwards. Look at our cultural palace — that's real engineering thought!"

One of the tunnels was used by 180 illegal migrants, mainly from Afghanistan and Pakistan. "Interesting," says Anna, owner of Liepāja's "Fontaine Palace" café. "They dig tunnels to get to Poland, but our young people drive to Riga on regular roads. Maybe we should also have a tunnel to the capital — then at least we wouldn't have to listen to Riga's residents complaints about our accent."

Meanwhile, in Karosta, local residents offer their own solution: "Who needs tunnels? We have underground utilities from Soviet times — you can walk through them if you know where to go. But we only tell that to our own people."