Cat caught smuggling contraband at Brazilian prison

Cat smuggling attempt: Brazil prison guards found a cat that had items taped to its body at a prison in Arapiraca, in Alagoas state, Brazil. IMAGE

AP Photo: SGAP. Cat smuggling attempt: Brazil prison guards found a cat that had items taped to its body at a prison in Arapiraca, in Alagoas state, Brazil. IMAGE

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Guards found a cat slipping through a gate with various items taped to its body at a medium-security prison in Brazil.

SAO PAULO — Guards thought there was something suspicious about a little white cat slipping through a prison gate in northeastern Brazil. A prison official says that when they caught the animal, they found a cellphone, drills, small saws and other contraband taped to its body.

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Alagoas state prisons spokeswoman Cinthya Moreno says that the cat was caught New Year's Eve at the medium-security prison in the city of Arapiraca.

The O Estado de S. Paulo newspaper reported Saturday that all of the prison's 263 inmates are suspects in the smuggling attempt, though it says a prison spokesman said "It will be hard to discover who is responsible since the cat does not speak."

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