Cat caught smuggling drugs into Costa Rican prison

A feline with narcotics taped to its body was caught near a Costa Rica jail.

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00:00This cat was caught smuggling drugs into a prison with narcotics taped to its body.

00:04The incident took place in Costa Rica, a Central American country.

00:08On 6 May 2025, guards spotted a feline near the barbed fire fence of the Pocosi Penichinari.

00:14Suspicious grey patches on its fur and unusual movements led to its capture.

00:19The Costa Rican Ministry of Justice and Peace released footage showing prison police officers

00:24rescuing the kitten, which was found carrying two packages of drugs.

00:27The narcotics were confiscated before reaching the inmates.

00:30Upon examining the contents, one package contained around 235.65 grams of suspected marijuana,

00:37while other held 67.76 grams of suspected crack paste and two sheets of rolling paper.

00:43This case also came amid a broader surge in crime and drug trafficking in Costa Rica.

00:47In 2023 alone, authorities seized 21.3 tons of cocaine across the country.

00:53Cats have been used before to smuggle drugs into prisons,

00:56often lured or trained by inmates and their aides.

00:58However, in this case, the cat was taken for a medical checkup

01:01and authorities are investigating who released it near the facility.

01:05And as the cat was taken for a medical checkup and her at gunfire,

01:13theimer wasynen chicos, the cat was caused by the man-carb,

01:14the cat was taken for out of two weeks of aacks

01:15that were discovered by the police force of police and the man-carb,

01:17the people who was vaccinated.

01:18And when they were hospitalized, they would use it to be tested for sick months.

01:20The cat was found on the carpet, but the cat was taken for him on the carpet,

01:22and it was taken for him on the carpet.

01:24And they looked like the cat, they were taken for a smuggle that can be treated by the PMs,

01:26but the cat was taken by the cat for the man-carb.

01:27The cat was taken for a short-map,

01:28the cat was taken for her size of the badly for the daily hos,