By Bay City News.
Authorities seized a half pound of suspected methamphetamine from a Santa Clara woman visiting an inmate at the Maguire Correctional Center in the Redwood City, San Mateo County jail on Tuesday.
Leslie Romero-Silva, 23, was allegedly carrying more than 9 ounces of methamphetamine when she entered the Maguire Correctional Center in Redwood City around 7 p.m., according to a statement from the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office.
Romero-Silva was trying to visit an inmate at the facility and passed several signs warning that it was illegal to bring a controlled substance into a California jail, the sheriff's office said. All visitors are searched at the jail.
The woman was arrested on suspicion of bringing a controlled substance to jail and is being held on $50,000 bond.
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