Pigeon flying cocaine, cannabis into prison arrested
About 14g of cocaine and at least the same amount of cannabis
were inside, wrapped in plastic.
Costa Rica’s Ministry of Justice and Peace released the
animal’s mugshot under the headline caption “narcopaloma”,
meaning “drugs dove”, and listing the date of the animals
detention.
The drugs had a street value of around £180 ($281).
Prison officials said they believe the drugs were destined for use
by an inmate who may have trained the pigeon to act as a
courier.
Director of the Penitentiary Police, Paul Bertozzi, told Spanish
news agency ‘Efe’ that it showed the need to be vigilant.
“Drug traffickers are using unimaginable ways to achieve their
macabre atrocities,” he said.
“This (use of a pigeon) is nothing new. In the past (the
traffickers) have used cats and dogs to pass drugs to prisoners.
Now it seems they are using pigeons to carry in their wares
from the outside.”
Although it is the first time the Costa Rican authorities said they
had come across the practice, it has previously been reported in
Argentina in 2013 and Colombia in 2011.
The pigeon was later taken to a zoo where it was expected to
remain behind the bars of a cage.
Biologist Oscar Ramirez told ‘Realidad7′ that pigeons can be
trained to travel several miles with small loads.
During the Second World War, more than 250,000 homing
pigeons were used to transport messages between front line
Allied troops and top brass, according to the Royal Pigeon
Racing Association.
were inside, wrapped in plastic.
Costa Rica’s Ministry of Justice and Peace released the
animal’s mugshot under the headline caption “narcopaloma”,
meaning “drugs dove”, and listing the date of the animals
detention.
The drugs had a street value of around £180 ($281).
Prison officials said they believe the drugs were destined for use
by an inmate who may have trained the pigeon to act as a
courier.
Director of the Penitentiary Police, Paul Bertozzi, told Spanish
news agency ‘Efe’ that it showed the need to be vigilant.
“Drug traffickers are using unimaginable ways to achieve their
macabre atrocities,” he said.
“This (use of a pigeon) is nothing new. In the past (the
traffickers) have used cats and dogs to pass drugs to prisoners.
Now it seems they are using pigeons to carry in their wares
from the outside.”
Although it is the first time the Costa Rican authorities said they
had come across the practice, it has previously been reported in
Argentina in 2013 and Colombia in 2011.
The pigeon was later taken to a zoo where it was expected to
remain behind the bars of a cage.
Biologist Oscar Ramirez told ‘Realidad7′ that pigeons can be
trained to travel several miles with small loads.
During the Second World War, more than 250,000 homing
pigeons were used to transport messages between front line
Allied troops and top brass, according to the Royal Pigeon
Racing Association.
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