A teenager in Tennessee, US, attempted to smuggle a loaded handgun into prison by concealing it inside her vagina, according to the police. The 19-year-old teenage girl known as Dallas Archer was arrested at around 3.15pm on April 21 by police officers and taken to Kingsport jail for driving with a suspended licence.

Officers found the gun when a female prison officer searched the teen and noticed an ‘unknown object’ in Archer’s groin, according to a police report obtained by The Smoking Gun website. She was then searched by two female officers in the bathroom, when they found the 4- inch weapon hidden inside her.

The American Arms 22- calibre mini revolver, valued at $250, is thought to have been stolen from a staff member of a car salesroom during a burglary. Archer has since been charged with the possession of stolen property, illegal possession of a firearm and trying to introduce a contraband into the jail premises.