Drugs found in woman’s body cavity less than week after jail scanner put to use, police say
VALPARAISO — Less than a week after implementing a new body scanner at the Porter County Jail, officials there said they discovered baggies of cocaine and heroin a female inmate had hidden in a body cavity.
The 28-year-old Valparaiso woman, who had been arrested earlier that night on a preliminary charge of driving under the influence of drugs, now faces felony counts of possessing cocaine and heroin.
“The use of the body scanner is already proving to be invaluable to the safety of our jail staff, the inmates already in custody and the new arrestees being brought into our facility,” Porter County Sheriff Dave Reynolds said.
“I have no doubt the implementation of this body scanner will continue to prove its worth, as it already has and will continue to be an asset to preventing future liability lawsuits,” he said.
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