San Clemente checkpoint Border Patrol agent at the checkpoint stopped a Range Rover heading north

suspected smuggler with cocaine stashed in a hidden compartment in his vehicle was intercepted Friday morning at the San Clemente checkpoint on Interstate 5, according to a Border Patrol news release.A Border Patrol agent at the checkpoint stopped a Range Rover heading north at 5:30 a.m., the release states. The driver, a Mexican citizen traveling legally in the county, acted nervous as the agent interviewed him. The agent also noticed bottles of laundry detergent, often used to mask the scent of narcotics, inside the sport utility vehicle.A canine was used to search the vehicle, leading to the discovery of a hidden compartment in its center console with nine bundles of cocaine inside, the release states. The drugs weighed 23.1 pounds and have an estimated street value of $729,200. They were turned over to the North County Drug Enforcement Task Force, the release states.The name of the smuggling suspect was not released Friday.