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Ashley
Cecilia Castaneda and Gabriel Garcia © Waco Police Department
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A routine traffic stop in
Waco, Texas, led to a rather eventful night for the officers involved. The cops
confiscated methamphetamine from underneath the driver's seat, as well as a
loaded gun...from somewhere more intimate.
Gabriel
Garcia, 30, was initially pulled over for a traffic violation on Monday night.
But he wasn't able to drive off with just a ticket – because his crime went
well beyond merely running a stop light.
During
the stop, officers found 2.7 grams of methamphetamine under the driver's seat
of the 1998 Toyota Land Rover. Garcia was then put under arrest on a charge of
possession of methamphetamine in a drug-free zone. Police say the stop was
within 1,000 feet of an elementary school.
RT
report continues:
An
additional 29.5 grams of methamphetamine and a set of digital weighing scales
were found in the purse of the female passenger, 31-year-old Ashley Cecilia
Castaneda. She was arrested on the same charge as Garcia.
But
while authorities were transporting Castaneda to the McLennan County Jail, she
confessed a secret – she was carrying a loaded .22-caliber Smith and Wesson
semiautomatic handgun inside her vagina.
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Smith &
Wesson .22 caliber pistol. © Waco Police Department
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The
officers stopped the car and called for a female officer, who retrieved the
gun. The weapon was fully loaded, including a round in the chamber, Waco police
Sgt. W. Patrick Swanton, as cited by the Waco Tribune-Herald. Authorities did
not say whether the safety mechanism was engaged.
The
stunt led to Castaneda also being charged with unlawfully carrying a concealed
weapon.
“It
was a safety concern for the victim who had a loaded firearm inside her body,” Swanton
said. “Depending on a number of factors, that gun could have gone off by
body movements or compression of the trigger.”
Bonds
for Castaneda and Garcia were set at US$31,000 and US$10,000, respectively.
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