NM woman gets cavity search ? and a bill for it

LAS CRUCES, N.M?? Should a drug suspect have to pay the bill for undergoing a court-ordered cavity search that finds nothing?

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No, says a New Mexico woman who wants Do?a Ana County officials to pay the $1,122 hospital bill she received after undergoing such a search on suspicion she was hiding heroin, The Las Cruces Sun-News reported.

The woman's identity was not being released.

Her lawyer, Michael Lilley of Las Cruces, filed a claim Aug. 30 against the county to justify her demand that authorities pay for her forcible body cavity search, according to the newspaper. Here's what happened, the newspaper said:

• The Metro Narcotics Agency had "credible information from a reliable source" that the woman had concealed up to an ounce of heroin, which led to a search warrant on July 1, said Metro Sgt. Mike Alba.
• The woman was searched at Memorial Medical Center, which then billed her for $1,122.
• No heroin or any other narcotic was recovered from the exam.
• The woman was not arrested or charged.
• The woman had no criminal history in New Mexico.

County officials would not comment on a pending lawsuit, the newspaper reported.

? 2011 msnbc.com

Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44416054/ns/us_news-weird_news/

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