A 32-year-old woman hanged herself in a holding cell at an East New York police station Friday evening, police said.

The woman was found unconscious and hanging from the front of the cell, with a pair of pants around her neck, about 45 minutes after being brought in. A police official said the woman had been arrested on a charge of possession of marijuana.

The police did not release the woman’s name, but said she was taken to Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead at 7:43 p.m.