For some drivers, the glove compartment isn’t enough — certain mechanics can install secret compartments into cars for those looking for luxury, if not something a bit more illicit. Wired covers the drug smugglers who use these hidden compartments, and the mechanics who run a lucrative business installing them. Their service can cost thousands of dollars, and the compartments they build may be completely concealed and only accessible by a complicated sequence of actions and button presses. However the business exists in a legal gray zone: depending on local laws, there may be criminal implications for an installer. Wired tells the story of one such mechanic, Alfred Anaya, whose business went too far.
The luxury and legality of secret car compartments
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