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GRAND FORKS, N.D. - A woman wanted on a drug-related warrant was arrested after she was found hiding in a clothes dryer, authorities said.

Tamara Jean Rysavy, 34, had failed to comply with requirements for her bond on drug charges, so a judge ordered her taken into custody, Grand Forks Sheriff's Maj. Mike Fonder said.

When deputies arrived at her mobile home Tuesday night, Fonder said, they were told Rysavy had just gone inside. They knocked, but the door was locked and windows closed. She did not respond when they asked her to surrender.

Officers went inside but their first search turned up no one, Fonder said. With the doors and windows locked from the inside, they were suspicious, and searched again - this time moving around the clothes in the dryer.

Rysavy, who is 5-foot-5 and 130 pounds, crawled out of the dryer and was taken to the jail, Fonder said.

Authorities said Rysavy had been out on bond after being charged with possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver, possession of marijuana with intent to deliver and possession of paraphernalia related to methamphetamine and marijuana.