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Cat Caught Smuggling Drugs into Panama Prison
On 4/23/21 at 4:56 PM EDT
Guards at Nueva Esperanza Prison in Panama had the singularly bizarre experience of taking a non-human felon into custody when they captured a feline drug mule last week.
The cat has been turned over to an animal shelter, Eduardo Rodriguez, said a local prosecutor according to AFP. Here s hoping that it repents of its crimes and finds a forever home.
Located north of Panama City in the Caribbean province of Colon, Nueva Esperanza Prison houses more than 1,700 inmates. This is far from the first time those among their ranks have attempted to smuggle in drugs with the help of animals.