Canada- Pigeon wearing crystal meth 'like a backpack' caught inside B.C. prison yard.

[dotr]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/pigeon-caught-with-meth-inside-bc-prison-1.6704753

Jan 6 2023
''Drug-smuggling pigeons have persisted over the decades since, busted from North America to Europe and Asia.

The birds are caught with pills or powder stuffed into mini-backpacks, tiny baggies or zippered pouches — sometimes foiled because they couldn't get off the ground with all the weight.

Last week, for the first time in recent memory, one was captured in B.C.''

''Officers 'had to corner it'​

Randle said it was a routine day after the holidays at Pacific Institution in Abbotsford, B.C., on Dec. 29.

Officers were standing in one of the fenced inmate unit yards, which prisoners use regularly for hanging out, playing games or just getting some fresh air.

Then the officers noticed something strange: a grey bird with a small package on its back.

"From my understanding, it was tied to it in a similar fashion as like a little backpack," Randle said.''

"They had to corner it," Randle said. "You can imagine how that would look, trying to catch a pigeon."

"It's a bit of a reality check for us that the creativity that people are going to use to try and smuggle drugs and other contraband into the institution is multifaceted."

Homing pigeons have been used to carry messages since the Roman Empire, particularly valued during the First and Second World Wars for their ability to navigate long distances to return to their home lofts with key messages.''

 

[dotr]

Another pigeon was caught in Peru earlier in the year..

''May 19, 2022 #GlobalNews
A pigeon smuggling cannabis into a Peruvian prison was caught by police on Thursday. Officers said the thirsty “narco pigeon” was intercepted as it landed on the grounds of the Huancayo prison to drink water from a puddle. The bird was carrying at least 30g of marijuana, police said.''

 

[whiterhino]

Wonder if they detained the little birdie? They've been trained, they won't say a word.

Seriously though, what happens with these "narco pigeons"? I hope they're set free and not destroyed by animal control.

 

[rjfjet]

This here is crazy as anything how would this bird know 2 take the drugs in and drop it off just saying r they trained 2 do that I know the article said they used them 4 notes and or whatever but how do they know exactly how where it goes

 

[dotr]

A Pigeon Was Caught in a Prison Yard With a Tiny Backpack of Meth

Pigeons have a long history of transporting drugs—and also wearing tiny backpacks, apparently.

www.vice.com

A PIGEON CAUGHT SMUGGLING DRUGS AT THE KUWAIT BORDER. (AL-RAI)

'A New York Times article from Feb 2, 1930, noted that pigeons with capsules of drugs like cocaine tied to their legs were plaguing the southern border. Being surrounded by pigeons is undesirable at the best of times, even more so when they’re participating in the drug trade.
The Times reported that smugglers were raising their own homing pigeons, a breed that can travel great distances and still return to their home lofts. Pigeons can fly up to 700 miles a day, according to the Pigeon Control Resource Center.
In 2017, a homing pigeon carrying 178 pills from Iraq to Kuwait in yes, another backpack, was trapped by Kuwaiti officials near customs, according to the publication Al Arabiya.''

 

[rjfjet]

Crazy

 

[LadyL]

this makes me very angry

 

[whiterhino]

Another one: Suspicious pigeon wearing tiny backpack spotted at B.C. prison for the second time

"The discovery at the Matsqui prison in the Fraser Valley comes just a few months after another pigeon was captured carrying a backpack full of crystal methamphetamine at the Pacific Institution right next door."

 

[ex-stat]

Damn, these pigeons need to stop breaking the law .