YOUR SCREEN FOR A LIST OF AVAILABLE RESOURCES. PLEASE DON'T SUFFER IN SILEE. NOW TO AN UPDATE ON A STORY WE BROUGHT YOU LAST NIGHT ON THE NIGHT BEAT 17 PEOPLE FOUND HIDDEN IN A FAKE LOWE'S HOME IMPROVEMENT TRUCK. THE NINETEEN'S ARI ODZER SPOKE WITH THE DPS LIEUTENANT WHO DESCRIBES HOW THIS HUMAN SMUGGLING OPERATION WAS DISCOVERED. >> THIS IS THE MOMENT TROOPERS WITH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY HOPE AND A HIDDEN COMPARTMENT IN AN 18 WHEELER INSIDE 17 MIGRANTS WRITING INTO THE U.S. ILLEGALLY. 13 MEN AND 4 WOMEN WERE FOUND INSIDE OF WITH DPS, KOHL'S. A CLONED LOWS TRUCK. IT'S MADE TO LOOK LIKE A COMMERCIAL VEHICLE ON THE OUTSIDES ADJUSTMENTS MADE ON THE INSIDE TO TRANSPORT AND CONCEAL PEOPLE. >> A TROOPER MADE CONTACT WITH THE DRIVER. THE TROOPER NOTICED THERE WERE SOME DISCREPANCIES WITH THE DRIVER WITH A TRUCK ITSELF. AND AFTER A SEARCH OF THE VEHICLE OR SO TO THE TRUCK REVEALED THAT THERE WAS A FALSE COMPARTMENT WITHIN THE CARGO AR . IN TROUBLE WAS ABLE TO EXPECT THAT APARTMENT UP. THERE WAS NO AIR CIRCULATION. THANKFULLY, NO ONE DIED, BUT MULTIPLE PEOPLE WERE TREATED FOR DEHYDRATION. I CAN TELL YOU FOR CERTAIN THAT THAT TROOPER PREVENTED A MASS CASUALTY SMOKING EVENT. WE SAW OBVIOUSLY WHAT HAPPENED BACK IN 2022. JUST OUTSIDE OF SAN ANTONIO. THOSE 43 MINUTES TO DIE BACK OF A TRAILER. >> SO THESE TYPE OF SMUGGLING EVENTS HAVE BEEN A COMMON OCCURRENCE. ALSO, THEY'RE VERY DANGEROUS, ESPECIALLY THIS SUMMER. HE SO THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT. WE HAVE OUR TROOPERS WORKING MOSTLY HIGHWAYS ARE YOU STARTING SPOT SUBCONTRACTORS? THE DRIVER. 28 YEAR-OLD MIGUEL PATTERSON FROM JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI IS NOW CHARGED WITH HUMAN SMUGGLING CAUSING SERIOUS BODILY INJURY TO THE U.S.. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME A CLONE VEHICLE HAS BEEN USED IN A HUMAN SMUGGLING OPERATION. IN FACT, IT'S NOT EVEN THE FIRST IN AUGUST EARLY THIS MONTH, WE ACTUALLY ASSISTANT U.S. BORDER PATROL. >> THEY GOT IS THOSE SPRINGS WITH A SAFE LIGHT TRUCK THAT WAS ALSO CLONED THIS VERY DANGEROUS WHEN ANYBODY INVOLVED IN THE SMUGGLING, THOSE CONSEQUENCES NOT ONLY AT THE CRIMINAL SIDE. >> IT DOES, BUT ALSO IF SOMEONE DOES WOW, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE SMUGGLING SOMEONE. >> YOU'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, A LIFELONG CONSEQUENCES, PRISON TIME.