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Rachel Elaine Elledge

(Shelby County Jail)

A Wilton woman was arrested today after authorities said she tried to smuggle drugs into the Shelby County Jail.

Rachel Elaine Elledge, 32, tried to sneak methamphetamine in to the jail while she was being booked in on a charge of unlawful possession of a controlled substance. She was arrested by the Shelby County Drug Enforcement Task Force, said Lt. Clay Hammac.

Her smuggling efforts were thwarted by the use of the jail's full body X-ray machine that each inmate passes through prior to entering the jail, Hammac said. The meth was concealed in a body cavity.

Elledge is now charged with promoting prison contraband in additions to the drug possession charge. At the time of her arrest today, she was already awaiting trial on a charge of identity theft, for which she was arrest on May 26.

Court records show she's had multiple arrests and convictions ranging from drug trafficking to burglary dating back more than a decade.

She is being held in the Shelby County Jail with bond set at $10,000.