Ashley Cecilia Castaneda, who police say had a gun hidden in her vagina during her arrest, has received probation

A Texas woman who hid a fully loaded pistol inside her vagina during a 2015 arrest on drug charges has been handed probation.

Ashley Cecilia Castaneda was stopped by police in September 2015 for a traffic violation, but when cops searched the car, they found 2.7 grams of methamphetamine under the driver's seat.

Castaneda, 33, was being escorted into a Waco jail when police say she confessed she was smuggling the concealed weapon.

A cavity search recovered a .22 caliber semi-automatic Smith and Wesson pistol, according to police.

They also recovered drugs in her bra and purse, as well as a set of digital weighing scales.

Castaneda has now been sentenced to 10 years on deferred probation after pleading guilty to methamphetamine possession The 33-year-old Waco woman also was fined $2,500.

Her attorney, Seth Sutton, denied the story as impossible in court, and argued that much-reported claim had caused his client more 'emotional pain' than the felony charges against her ever could, the Waco Tribune reports.

Castaneda, 33, was being escorted into a Waco jail when police say she confessed she was smuggling the concealed weapon (pictured is the gun recovered from her vagina, according to police)

'The ridiculous narrative circulated, first by police, and then by the media, that Ms. Castaneda somehow concealed a gun inside her vagina is and has always been completely false,' Sutton said. 'It's not possible.'

Gabriel Garcia, 33, who was in the car with Castaneda when she was arrested, pleaded guilty to possession

However, Waco police stand by the claims and say Castaneda was risking her life by smuggling the weapon in such an unusual way.

'It was a safety concern for the victim, who had a loaded firearm inside her body,' Waco Police Sgt. Patrick Swanton said at the time of the arrest. 'Depending on a number of factors, that gun could have gone off by body movements or compression of the trigger.

He added that Sutton was 'sadly mistaken' if he did not believe the extraordinary lengths they went to hide guns and drugs.

Gabriel Garcia, 33, who was in the car with Castaneda when she was arrested, pleaded guilty to possession of methamphetamine and was sentenced to two years in prison.