 A Pike County woman is facing several drug charges following an arrest Monday by the Pike County Sheriff's Office. Deputies responded before noon to the Shelby Valley area after someone reported suspicious activity. They found 38-year-old Valerie Hunt of Belcher hiding in the Shelby Valley clinic. And when we contacted her, we discovered that she was wandered out of Electric County on some felony warrants. When we were searching her, when we took her in the custody for the warrants, we were searching her. And she voluntarily told us that she had one knife in her bra and another one in her pocket. And she said that she used those for personal protection because of what the times are now. We did find a small amount of crushed peel or powder in a key chain that she had with her when we initially placed her under arrest for the warrants. Sergeant Belcher said once jail staff conducted a more thorough search, they were surprised at what they found. And she had hair scrunchies like a ponytail with some hair scrunchies in her hair. And when the jail staff started moving, those bags of meth started to fall out. In total, there were five bags of meth that fell out of her hair scrunchie. She's facing a promoting contraband in the first degree charge for bringing the drugs into the jail. She had mentioned several times when we first took her in the custody that she didn't have anything else on her. We take it serious and we don't want to make light of it because we would love to see people get help for their problem. But at the same time, you realize that what extremes people go to to conceal and hide their use and their problem. Valerie Hunt is also facing a charge of possession of meth as well as other related charges for Monday's arrest in addition to a meth related charge out of Letcher County.