HPD finds 30 illegal immigrants in apartment
Copyright 2007 Houston Chronicle

Houston police found 30 illegal immigrants in a cramped South Gessner apartment Monday night after getting a 911 call, according to a report today by KHOU (Channel 11).

A reporter with KHOU gave this account: Officials with Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrived just after 9 p.m. with a large bus to take the illegal immigrants to a detention facility.

Police said they were alerted to the immigrants after getting a call from a nearby payphone about two dozen men and women being trapped inside a unit at the Carlingford Apartments in the 6600 block of S. Gessner.

According to KHOU, four of those found in the apartment had to be taken to the hospital because of severe dehydration. None of those held inside had eaten for days officials told 11 News.

Police said they had in custody two men they believe to be the coyotes who smuggled the immigrants across the border, KHOU said.

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