Crime & Safety

Prison Search Finds 'Good Luck' Heroin in Woman's Body Cavity

Easton prison officials conducting a strip search on a Philadelphia inmate found heroin in her vagina. The packets were stamped "Good Luck."

A Philadelphia woman committed to the Northampton County Prison for an outstanding warrant is now facing charges for drug possession.

Tricia Gelesky was stopped by state troopers while speeding on Route 33 on Sunday morning. Police took her into custody when they realized she had an outstanding warrant in Montgomery County.

When Gelesky was strip searched at the prison in Easton, officials found four packets of heroin stamped “Good Luck” along with a drug used to treat addiction inside her vagina.

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Gelesky now has two additional counts of drug possession and a single count of possession of drug paraphernalia.

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