CALL THE PAW-LICE: Cat used in attempt to smuggle drugs into Costa Rican prison
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It was almost the purr-fect crime.
Authorities in Costa Rica said a cat was caught attempting to enter a prison with drugs attached to its body earlier this month in a creative drug-smuggling attempt to evade jail guards.
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The country’s Ministry of Justice and Peace shared video of the kitten walking along a security fence and being captured by a prison guard using a towel.
Once inside, penitentiary staff used scissors to slowly cut apart and remove what they said were packets of marijuana and crack-cocaine taped around the feline’s torso on the night of May 6.
“Penitentiary police officers at the Pococi prison managed to rescue a kitten carrying two drug packages attached to its body,” prison officials wrote on Facebook, according to an English translation.
“The officer stationed at one of the forts spotted the animal in the green zone and immediately raised the alarm.”
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Police said responding officers grabbed the kitten before it reached its final destination, which they believe was a drug-smuggling attempt to reach inmates at the prison.
According to prison officials, the cat was carrying 235.65 g of apparent marijuana and 67.76 g of apparent crack-cocaine paste.
“The Penitentiary Police proceeded to seize the drugs for processing while the corresponding co-ordination with SENASA (National Security Agency) was made for the cat’s care,” authorities said.
According to the BBC, the cat was brought to the National Animal Health Service for an evaluation.
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