Inmates trained a cat in drug trafficking inside the prison

Cat was arrested last Friday as he tried to enter a Panamanian prison with drugs wrapped in his body, reported the authorities of the Central American country.

The feline was surprised by guards and police units outside Nueva Esperanza prison, in the Caribbean province of Colón, about 80 kilometers north of Panama City.

“Cat door perhaps cocaine, crack and marijuana“, Indicated the drug attorney of Colón and Guna Yala, Eduardo Rodríguez through the channel Rangefinder.

In Panamanian prisons, theAuthorities have discovered ingenious ways to attempt to transport narcotics, using pigeons, drones and this time a feline that he did not escape the cunning of the police.

The Panama prosecutor’s office said after the cat’s capture, investigations were opened into the use of animals for the crime. at Nueva Esperanza penitentiary, the official also added that the animal had been delivered to an adoption center.

The cat was reportedly intercepted on its way to the prison fence, which houses more than 1,700 inmates.

“The animal had a cloth tied around the neck which contained two envelopes “with” plant material, four envelopes lined with transparent plastic in white powder and another with leaves.»Explained Andrés Gutiérrez, director general of the Panamanian penitentiary system.

Authorities suspect that, in order to transport drugs, animals are tricked with food from prisons to bring them back with the illicit substances.

In Mexico, boxes, fruits, other unusual things

Stuffed animals, bolillos, handmade candy, mole, chili cans are some of the ways in which criminal groups have attempted to supply the underworld with drugs.

In recent years, the authorities have discovered ingenious methods of drug trafficking.

One of the findings occurred on March 16, 2019,in a plot of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, when federal police at the time found two stuffed animals with cocaine used to ship the goods to Mexico City.

However, this was not the first such discovery. Earlier, on January 24, Guadalajara officials arrested a man in the March 18 settlement who was carrying a stuffed cow containing a package containing 28 grams of crystal.

The cartels used other methods to sell drugs. Not only do stuffed animals attract traffickers, August 7, 2018, authorities They found four bolillos with 120 grams of cocaine at Guadalajara airport, which would be sent to California, United States.

Another place where they tried to hide drugs was in the terminal building. Federal police found five baskets containing a 650 gram kilogram of marijuana.

Another food used was the mole. On September 1, 2017, a bucket labeled with said product was secured at Guadalajara airport. Inside the container they found 20 kilos of methamphetamine.

The mole bucket has aroused suspicion because of its plight (United States). After examining the contents, they identified a brown paste that tested positive.

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