We've all had that momentary clammy fear when being frisked at a festival or at the airport that we're going to be whisked off into another room for a full-body search, even though (most of the time) we've done nothing wrong. Imagine the horror, then, when Dallas Archer was cavity searched on her way into jail in Tennessee, knowing full well (we're guessing it didn't end up there by accident) that she had a loaded gun inside her vagina.
The 19 year old had been arrested for driving on a suspended licence, but got into a lot more trouble after 'a female jailer performed a search of Ms Archer and located an unknown item in her crotch'.
Another police officer joined the jailer so they could check Dallas in the bathroom and recovered a loaded North American Arms 22 LR revolver, which she had concealed in her vagina.
After running a check on the weapon – all guns have their own ID imprinted on them – it turned out it belonged to a 70 year old man, and had been stolen from him last year. According to* news website The Smoking Gun*, when John Souther, the gun's owner, discovered where it had been, he said, 'Oh gosh!' and added that he would need to give the 'little fellow' a 'bath in bleach'.
Dallas was bailed out after posting $6,000 (£3,570).
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This article originally appeared on The Debrief.