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Cat Caught Smuggling Drugs Into Russian Prison

Prison staff in Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod region intercepted an unusual suspected drug courier: a cat wearing a homemade collar containing two packages.

One package held a green substance, while the other contained white powder. Staff called in a dog handler and a sniffer dog named Foxy, which detected the scent of narcotics. Laboratory testing later confirmed that the packages contained illegal drugs.

The collar was confiscated, but after being examined, the cat was released without charge.

Remarkably, a similar smuggling attempt involving another cat was stopped at a prison in the same region around a year earlier.

The courier walked free. The collar did not.