Drug-Smuggling Cat Caught Making an attempt to Break Into Costa Rican Jail

Jail officers in Costa Rica caught an unlikely suspect trying to smuggle medicine behind bars final week.

The Costa Rican Ministry of Justice mentioned in a social media post that guards on the Pococi Penitentiary captured a cat climbing over its fence final Tuesday evening with about 236 grams of marijuana and about 68 grams of heroin strapped to its again.

Officers consider the cat was deployed in an obvious try to smuggle the medicine to prisoners inside.

In keeping with a video posted on-line by the nation’s Ministry of Justice, jail guards caught the cat whereas it was climbing atop a sequence hyperlink fence with barbed wire connected to it. 

“An officer stationed at one of many forts noticed the animal within the inexperienced zone and instantly raised the alarm,” the ministry mentioned in a press release, based on an English translation.

“Due to the swift actions of the responding officers, the cat was caught and the packages eliminated, stopping them from reaching their remaining vacation spot,” the Costa Rican Ministry of Justice added.

In keeping with BBC, the Costa Rican jail officers handed the cat over to the Nationwide Animal Well being Service for an analysis after the medicine had been reduce off the again of its physique. Video posted to social media confirmed jail officers utilizing scissors to chop the bundle from the cat’s fur.

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In whole, officers discovered the 2 packages of marijuana and heroin, in addition to sheets of paper used for wrapping medicine, per the ministry’s assertion.

Officers say they’re reviewing safety footage to attempt to hint the cat’s actions previous to being detected by jail guards in an try to determine who tried to smuggle the medicine into the jail and to whom they had been meant.