‘Narcopigeon’ caught smuggling drugs into Costa Rican prison — VIDEO
The pigeon that was used to smuggle drugs into a prison is pictured in a cage at the Animal Rescue Zoo Ave in Alajuela August 18, 2015. Guards captured the bird in one of the patios of the La Reforma Penitentiary and found 14 grams of cocaine and 14 grams of marijuana in a little bag attached to its chest. Ronal Sibaja, a bird specialist at Zoo Ave, said that the pigeon cannot be released and will have to remain in captivity. REUTERS/Juan Carlos Ulate
The pigeon that was used to smuggle drugs into a prison is pictured in a cage at the Animal Rescue Zoo Ave in Alajuela August 18, 2015. REUTERS/Juan Carlos Ulate
A guard of the La Reforma Penitentiary holds a pigeon with a little bag filled with drugs attached to its chest in San Rafael de Alejuela, on the outskirts of San Jose, Costa Rica, August 11, 2015. . REUTERS/Costa Rica Ministry of Justice and Peace/Handout via Reuters
Bird specialist Ronal Sibaja shows a cloth bag that was attached to the chest of a pigeon that was used to smuggle drugs into a prison at the Animal Rescue Zoo Ave in Alajuela August 18, 2015. REUTERS/Juan Carlos Ulate
A pigeon that was used to smuggle drugs into a prison was captured in one of the patios of the La Reforma Penitentiary on the outskirts of San Jose, Costa Rica.
Guards found 14 grams of cocaine and 14 grams of marijuana in a little bag attached to the bird's chest.
Ronal Sibaja, a bird specialist at Zoo Ave, said that the pigeon cannot be released and will have to remain in captivity.
