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Wednesday, April 1, 2009

God make me a bird so I can fly far, far way from here


Pigeons used to smuggle cellphones into jail
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SAO PAULO - Police say inmates are using carrier pigeons to smuggle cellphones onto a prison farm in southeastern Brazil.

Police inspector Celso Soramiglio says guards at a prison near the city of Sorocaba caught a pigeon last Wednesday with components of a small cellphone inside a bag tied to one of its legs.

A day later, another pigeon was found with a bag containing a cellphone charger.

The birds apparently were bred and raised inside the prison, smuggled out, outfitted with the cellphone parts and then released to fly back.

Soramiglio noted that pigeons "instinctively fly back home - always."

He says police photographed the pigeons and then released them.

Animals sure are handy aren't they? If it weren't for the promise of robots I'd insist on gaining some animals to do my bidding. Plus they smell awful. I think the Patton Bros. should start a side business smuggling drugs with their pigeons. Like the Squirrel is ever going to make it as a lawyer.

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