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Cat Detained on illegal mission To Smuggle At Russian Prison
In this handout photo taken on Friday, May 31, 2013 and released by press service of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service for the Republic of Komi, guards show a cat which they catch on clandestine mission at the Penal Colony No. 1 near the city of Syktyvkar in the Komi province, 1,000 kilometers (some 600 miles) northeast of Moscow, Russia. Guards patrolling a prison colony in Russia’s north saw a cat on the fence and it seemed to be carrying something. On a closer look, they found a few cellphones and chargers taped to the cat’s belly. (AP Photo/Press service of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service for the Republic of Komi)
Someone desperate to smuggle mobile phones and cell phone chargers into a Russian prison taped the banned items onto a cat in an attempt to have the feline serve as a prison courier. But observant prison guards noticed the cat scaling one of the prison camp’s fences and were able to capture it before it was able to deliver its contraband package to someone waiting inside the penal institution.
The cat courier was found to be carrying two cell phones and chargers as well as batteries.
Prison authorities in the Komi region of the country where the penal camp is located noted that this was the first time in the prison’s history that a cat was used in an attempt to smuggle in illegal goods into the camp.
Although it was the first attempt to use an animal to smuggle in contraband goods, it may also prove to be the last since the attempt was easily foiled. There has been no word if officials are investigating the matter further to see if they can discover anyone claiming ownership of the black and white cat, whose photograph with contraband mobile phone materials still taped to its back, was shared with members of the news media.
On The Web:
Cat Caught Smuggling Cell Phones Into Russian Prison
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/03/cat-smuggles-cell-phones-into-prison-russia_n_3379023.html
