Cat That Was Caught Smuggling Drugs Escapes From A Maximum Security Holding Cell

"Escape from AlCATraz"

Damjan

• Published in Animals
• August 9, 2020

Sometimes I think the things humans put cats through are silly, other times... our cats are subjected to the most ridiculous and unfair treatment! An interesting event starring a cat has captured the public’s eye recently.

To be more precise- two events. The first one was that a cat was detained in Sri Lanka’s main penitentiary - Welikada Prison, on charges of drugs and cell phones SIM cards smuggling.

I never thought I'd read about a cat being detained like this! Although who could forget about the "Naughty Shelter Cat Placed In Solitary Confinement?"

This prison event was shadowed, though, by the second event - the cat’s miraculous escape from it's maximum security holding cell. Welikada Prison has reported an increasing trend of people throwing illegal items over the jail walls to the inmates.

They include drugs, cell phones, and phone chargers. Whether the cat in question is responsible for this trend is yet to be determined.

A cat imprisoned in a high-security penitentiary in Sri Lanka has miraculously escaped

Two SIM cards, almost two grams of heroin and a memory chip, were discovered in a tiny plastic bag on the prisoner's neck. On Sunday, the criminal cat escaped from a detention area where the police were watching it. Jail authorities gave no direct comments on this episode.

The police believe that the drug dealers who trained the feline are from the same cartel that was previously using an eagle to bring in narcotics. An animal arrest is not really common in Sri Lanka, but the police officers were hoping that the cat could lead them to the smugglers’ hideout, regional media reports imply.

Allegedly, the four-legged criminal mastermind escaped from its cell through a fence when jail staff came to bring her food.

The feline was detained for drug possession

Internet users had various versions of the events that took place in that prison: “Ever thought that maybe he was forced to do it because his kittens were held hostage?” one Facebook user wonders. “Plot twist… the cat is the drug lord,” another Facebook user noted.

Here’s how people reacted:

Damjan