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Re:Alfred Anaya Put Secret Compartments in Cars. The DEA Put... by jsmeaton on Sunday October 12, 2014 @01:57AM (#8444533)
> Building compartments for drugs is not illegal. This fact is not in dispute.

In California it is. Says it about 4 times in the linked article. The debate is whether or not he knew they were being used for drugs.

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Re:Alfred Anaya Put Secret Compartments in Cars. The DEA Put... by valar_m on Sunday October 12, 2014 @02:37AM (#8444607)
Directly from the article:

There is no federal law against building hidden compartments, even if they're made with the sole intent of smuggling drugs.

He was charged under federal law. It does not matter what California law is.

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