A person has been caught apparently attempting to smuggle an eight-and-a-half inch pair of scissors right into a jail - by hiding them in his anus.

Staff made the invention as they processed him for a keep at La Porte County Jail within the US state of Indiana.

Officials mentioned the item was recognized in a "peculiar location" after suspicions had been raised when the arrested suspect refused to cooperate throughout a routine search on Wednesday.

The man finally "reluctantly" agreed to an digital physique scan - when the jail's assistant commander of operations, Lieutenant Jeff Holt, "observed what appeared to be a foreign object inside the anal cavity of the arrestee".

Officials mentioned the person continued to be uncooperative however a second scan a short time later revealed the item had moved barely and might be recognized as a pair of scissors.

"A short time later, the scissors were removed from the arrestee without incident," a spokesperson for the jail added.

Captain Derek J Allen, from La Porte County Sheriff's Office, mentioned: "Lieutenant Holt is commended for relying upon his training and experience, and successfully preventing a dangerous edged object from making its way fully into the jail."

Authorities didn't reveal additional particulars concerning the man or what he was arrested for.

They mentioned that for the reason that full-body scanner was first used within the jail in 2017, it had recovered a string of things together with tattooing gear, medication, and "paraphernalia".