Criminals from the Animal Kingdom

by | Aug 13, 2020


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Police in Sri Lanka are looking for a drug smuggler–with four legs and a tail.

Police say the suspect was apprehended with nearly two grams of heroin, two SIM cards for a cell phone and a memory chip. He was taken to the local prison and detained, but has since escaped.

Here’s the kicker–the items were found in a plastic bag tied around the suspect’s neck, a cat. Police say the cat had been picked up and was being held in a room at the prison when it escaped.

The prison has reported an increase in similar incidents with items such as drugs, cell phones and phone chargers being tossed over the wall. The country is battling a major drug problem with some anti-narcotic detectives accused of selling drugs they had confiscated.

Now it looks like smugglers are coming in all shapes and sizes. Besides the cat joining the criminal world, an eagle has also been seized. Police say the bird was being used by drug traffickers to distribute narcotics in a suburb.

Must be hard to question them.

Brian Banmiller

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