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Costa Rican prison authorities have thwarted a cunning attempt to smuggle drugs into chokey via carrier pigeon, CNN reports (in Spanish). An officer at the La Reforma penitentiary, on the outskirts of the Costa Rican capital San José, became suspicious of the bird and detained the winged narcotic messenger after luring it with …

  1. msknight

    Don't tell me...

    He was trying to gather funds to mount a coooo...

    1. dotdavid

      Re: Don't tell me...

      Looked like a jailbird to me.

    2. NoneSuch Silver badge

      Re: Don't tell me...

      "You grassed me out!"

      "Wasn't me. It was some bird."

    3. Fred Flintstone Gold badge

      Re: Don't tell me...

      No wonder it failed, they were clearly winging it.

      1. Anonymous Coward
  2. Manolo
    Linux

    Speckled Jim

    I am happy they didn't shoot it.

  3. Anonymous Blowhard

    Now they just need follow the money trail and find the narcopaloma's banker...

    1. TitterYeNot
      Coat

      "Now they just need follow the money trail and find the narcopaloma's banker"

      Costa Rican authorities are reported to be on the lookout for several alleged accomplices of the captured narco-pigeon:-

      - One Richard Dastardly, who was seen in the area repeatedly shouting 'Stop that pigeon.'

      - One vicious canine of unknown pedigree answering to the name of 'Muttley'.

      - One well-manicured female with a southern US accent answering to the name of 'Penelope'.

      - An unscrupulous group of gangsters rumoured to be the much feared 'Ant Hill Mob'.

      Police have warned that these dangerous suspects should not be approached under any circumstances, especially if driving a motor vehicle...

  4. ColonelClaw

    Put a lightweight GPS tracker in the bag and send it back home

  5. Elmer Phud

    The drugs were just a distraction, there's good eatin' on one of them.

  6. msknight

    (to the tune of Cococabana)

    Nar-co-pa-loma,

    It was a drug dove.

    He brought good times aplenty from up a...bove

    Nar-co-pa-loma,

    It was a drug dove.

    Cocain and Beedies, for those that were needy,

    But the Nar-co...

    He lost his load.

  7. chivo243 Silver badge
    Coat

    Slow day at the Pen?

    Those are some small packets to get worked up over...

    Looks like someone ran a fowl of the law!

    Yep, my coat, it's nearly beer thirty!

  8. Pen-y-gors

    Unnecessary complications

    Last week we had fights in a porison when a drone tried to drop some dope ina prison, now it's pigeon post. Why can't the inmates just buy their drugs from the guards like everyone else?

  9. Unep Eurobats
    Black Helicopters

    14g?

    How many drone-loads is that?

  10. Peter Simpson 1
    WTF?

    A black pigeon?

    1. ItsNotMe
      Pint

      "A black pigeon?"

      Yes...it's the latest in Stealth Technology for birds. Remember the Lockheed SR-71?

      1. msknight

        Re: "A black pigeon?"

        Is it related to the suicide crow? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoV098ClQwY

        "When I dial this, you go to heaven brother crow."

        1. psychonaut

          Re: "A black pigeon?"

          stealh birds....they always used to be the ones in Chicago's nightclubs (are they still around?) pretending to be under 30....

  11. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Better keep his beak shut...

    Better not become a STOOL PIDGEON! You hear me muthafuka?

  12. Alistair
    Coat

    John McAfee's pigeon

    ---- appears to have gotten a wee bit lost.

  13. x 7

    black melanistic pigeons are believed to have an evolutionary breeding advantage: the black colour keeps them warmer and allows them to have an extended breeding season, In the UK its common to see melanistic pigeons breeding in mid-winter.

    More interestingly, did the pigeon talk when arrested? Is it a stool-pigeon?

  14. Chris G

    Smuggling drugs = trouble

    Now he's doing bird.

  15. i steal your leccy
    Linux

    Apparently the pigeon is 'singing like a canary'

    David Attenborough's on his way to interview him.

  16. JaitcH
    WTF?

    Costa Rica is BILLIONS in debt ....

    with hedge funds suggesting the US dependency close down their school system.

    How can Costa Rica even think about buying SAP software? Hot Windows is the government's favourite OS.

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