Cat facilitates unlikely drug smuggling attempt at Costa Rican prison
Tuesday, May 20, 2025, 9:20 pm
In an absurd twist of criminal ingenuity, authorities in Costa Rica intercepted a cat loaded with drugs trying to gain access to a prison. Officials remain both baffled and amused by this unconventional smuggling method, highlighting the extraordinary lengths smugglers will go to bypass security.
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. The country’s Ministry of Justice and Peace shared video of the kitten…
Les gardiens d’un établissement pénitentiaire du Costa Rica ont intercepté un contrebandier inhabituel : un chat qui entrait de nuit dans la prison avec de la drogue attachée au corps.
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