FALFURRIAS, TX - Officials say a man found hiding inside of a washing machine and four other people hiding inside of a cardboard box were undocumented immigrants trying to sneak into the U.S.
Agents along the Texas border checkpoint said a K-9 officer was alerted to a U-Haul truck last Friday night at the Falfurrias Border Patrol Station.
When border agents searched the U-Haul, they found the undocumented immigrants hiding in the washing machine and cardboard box.
The man driving the U-Haul and the woman riding with him are both U.S. citizens, ABC 22 reported .
The man and woman were arrested and the case was turned over to special agents from Homeland Security Investigations.
Falfurrias is located near Texas' southernmost point, about 90 miles south of Corpus Christi.
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