A black and white cat has been picked up by guards at a prison in Costa Rica and found to be carrying some hefty contraband.

Video has emerged showing Costa Rican prison officials catching a cat with packages of illegal drugs strapped to its body.

The justice ministry shared a video of the cat, which was carrying over 230 grams of marijuana and 67 grams of crack cocaine.

Authorities in Costa Rica say a cat was used in an attempt to smuggle drugs into a prison in Pococí earlier this month.

The prison officials discovered the cat sneaking over a barbed wire fence, according to video posted online Prison officials in Costa Rica caught an unlikely suspect attempting to smuggle drugs ...

Guards in Costa Rica have intercepted an unusual prison drug delivery, catching a cat as it jumped over the periphery fence ...

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Prison guards at Costa Rica's Pococí Penitentiary found a cat with marijuana and heroin attached to their body.

Prison guards at Pococí Penitentiary in Costa Rica intercepted an unlikely smuggler: a black-and-white cat carrying drugs taped to its body. The incident, which has sparked global attention, ...

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AFP)— Guards in Costa Rica have intercepted an unusual prison drug delivery, catching a cat as it jumped over the periphery fence at night with marijuana and crack taped to ...