Cat Nabbed for Smuggling Contraband in Brazilian Prison
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iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A cunning feline was detained by Brazilian police after it was busted smuggling escape tools taped to its body into a prison.
On New Year’s Eve, the cat was spotted by a guard at medium security prison Judge Luiz de Oliveira Souza in Arapiraca, in the northeast of Brazil.
Taped to its body were two saws, two drills for concrete, a headset, a memory card, a cellphone, three batteries and a mobile phone charger, according to a police statement. Officials said the material would serve to saw bars and dig tunnels.
According to officers at the prison, the cat would often be seen tiptoeing in and out of the prison gate, and they said that it may have been raised by inmates held at the prison.
After the items were removed, the cat was taken to a local animal center.
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