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Driver Faces Smuggling Charges

POSTED: 10:39 am CDT August 9, 2006
UPDATED: 10:43 am CDT August 9, 2006

SAN DIEGO -- One man is facing smuggling charges after three illegal immigrants were found sewn into the seats of a van trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border.

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The driver, a 33-year-old U.S. citizen, presented officers with a valid California driver's license and birth certificate. Officials said the inspector noticed that the driver was acting nervous and ordered the driver into secondary inspection.

A closer inspection of the van uncovered two men and a woman crammed into the seats under the upholstery, according to a news release from U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

The illegal immigrants were removed from the seats. The driver is being charged with smuggling.