A woman being held inside the Limestone County Jail now faces new charges after authorities say they found 173 pills inside her this afternoon.

Limestone County Sheriff Mike Blakely said Heather Leanne Rice, 32, of Athens, is being held in the jail on $7,500 bond on charges of drug possession and promoting prison contraband.

Blakely said Rice turned herself in at the sheriff's office July 22 on a probation violation warrant. However, authorities noticed she appeared to be under the influence of drugs while inside the jail.

She told a jail supervisor that "she knew beforehand that she would be coming to jail, so she made sure she had enough (drugs) to last until her court date."

When she refused to say where her drugs were, authorities gained a warrant to search her. She was taken to Athens Limestone Hospital, where a nurse removed a Pop Tart bag from "a body cavity."

Inside the bag were approximately 32 Xanax, 80 Ambien, and 61 Buprenorphine (Subutex) tablets, Blakely said.