By Susan Shroder, Union-Tribune Staff Writer
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 at 4:49 p.m.
SAN DIEGO — Two people being smuggled into the country were found crammed inside hidden compartments on either side of a 1997 Mercedes-Benz, and one of them was unresponsive when pulled from the car, federal authorities said Tuesday.
The two were found shortly after midnight Saturday after a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer at the Otay Mesa Port of Entry ordered the 26-year-old female driver of the car over for secondary inspection.
A drug-detection dog alerted to the car’s fender. Officers found compartments between the engine and both side quarter panels. They removed one panel and found a 39-year-old man who was curled in the fetal position and was unable to move. When officers helped him out, he was sweating profusely and needed assistance to stand, said Angelica De Cima, a CBP spokeswoman.
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