Couple 'high on meth' called 911 trapped in an unlocked closet for two days

A Florida couple who were high on drugs spent two days believing they were trapped in a janitors closet and eventually called 911 for help, only to be told by police they could have just opened the door themselves.

Amber Campbell, 25, and John Arwood, 31, were freed - and then arrested.

The strange incident occurred at the Marine and Environmental Science Center at Daytona State College on Tuesday.

Inside the closet, police said they found feces and copper scouring pads used to smoke meth and crack cocaine, according toThe Orlando Sentinel

Hard couple of days: Amber Campbell, 25, and John Arwood, 31, were rescued Tuesday from inside Daytona State College, which was closed for the holidays, after being 'trapped' in an unlocked closet

Dazed: Amber Campbell is seen here being loaded into a police outside the Marine and Environmental Science Center at Daytona State College

Dazed: Amber Campbell is seen here being loaded into a police outside the Marine and Environmental Science Center at Daytona State College

Confused: According to Daytona Beach police, John Arwood (pictured) and Amber Campbell were found in a locked closet at Daytona State College. Police said they had been in the closet for two days

Police said they smelled meth in the closet. 

Campbell and Arwood claim to have been chased into the closet on Sunday.

It is not known what they were doing at the facility.

The campus was closed for the holidays. 

It is also not clear why the pair waited until Tuesday to seek help.

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However Arwood called 911 and told police they were trapped.

Police used his cell phone to trace the location and arrived to let the two out.

But an officer, trying to understand what had happened, went into the closet and shut the door.

The door did not lock.

Previous arrest: Amber Campbell is seen here in her 2013 mug shot

Previous arrest: Amber Campbell is seen here in her 2013 mug shot

Arwood and Campbell were charged with trespassing. 

No drugs were found. 

Campbell was also charged with violating her probation, stemming from a 2013 arrest. 

Arwood has a colorful criminal history.

He has been to jail five times, with his first stint in 2000.

His offenses range from armed burglary, possession of more than 20 grams of marijuana and fleeing law enforcement.

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