Crime & Safety

Bra Loaded With Heroin Lands Lady in Jail: Cops

A dog alerted the law to the heroin and she pulled it out of her bra, police said.

BRAIDWOOD, IL — A woman with heroin hidden in her bra was arrested when she drove through Braidwood, police said.

Tiffany Emanuelson, 34, was pulled over on Front Street shortly before 6 p.m. Tuesday, police said. She was reportedly stopped for driving with a cracked windshield.

Emanuelson, an Essex resident, agreed to allow a drug dog search her car, police said, and the dog indicated there had been something by the driver’s side door.

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An officer informed Emanuelson about the dog’s findings and she pulled four bags of heroin out of her bra, police said. Officers allegedly found another seven bags on her as well.

Emauelson was taken to the Will County jail.

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Tiffany Emanuelson | image via Will County Sheriff's Department

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