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Sarpy County Inmates Face New Charges After Drugs Found

sarpy-co.-sheriffPAPILLION, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a Sarpy County inmate smuggled drugs into the jail and gave some to another inmate, and both now face new drug possession charges.

The Sarpy County Sheriff’s Office said a 24-year-old inmate smuggled methamphetamine into the jail when she was booked Wednesday.

The next day, deputies learned that the woman and another inmate — a 20-year-old woman — had drugs. A search turned up meth in a shampoo bottle.

In a strip search room, the 20-year-old pulled a small wrapper containing meth from a body cavity and said she got the drugs from the other inmate.

Authorities say the other inmate ate meth in an attempt to hide it, then tried to spit it out. She was still hospitalized Friday.

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