Pubdate: Fri, 27 Feb 1998 Source:Orange County Register Section:news,page DRUGS WORTH $245,500 SEIZED AT CHECKPOINT U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested two drug smugglers within an hour and seized about $245.500 worth of drugs,officials said Thursday. Agents at the San Clemente Border Patrol checkpoint inspected a 1981 BMW on Wednesday night and noticed that the spare tire and the floorboard appeared to have been modified. A drug-sniffing dog led agents to 32 packages of marijuana in the spare tire and a hidden floor compartment. Officials said the haul of marijuana weighed about 99 pounds and was valued at $80,000. Less than an hour later, agents became suspicious of a 1980 Datsun and directed the driver into a secondary inspection lane. A dog again alerted agents, this time to a false compartment in the glove box. The compartment contained about seven pounds of methamphetamine valued at $165,500.