{"id":7277,"date":"2025-05-21T11:40:32","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T11:40:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/2025\/05\/21\/video-shows-drug-smuggling-cat-caught-by-prison-guards-in-costa-rica\/"},"modified":"2025-05-21T11:40:32","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T11:40:32","slug":"video-shows-drug-smuggling-cat-caught-by-prison-guards-in-costa-rica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/2025\/05\/21\/video-shows-drug-smuggling-cat-caught-by-prison-guards-in-costa-rica\/","title":{"rendered":"Video shows drug-smuggling cat caught by prison guards in Costa Rica"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"article-0\">\n<section class=\"content__body\">\n<p>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 its body.<\/p>\n<p>The black-and-white feline, carrying over 230 grams of marijuana and 67 grams of crack cocaine in two packages, was captured this month at a prison in the canton of Pococi, the justice ministry said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reel\/988952466737686\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">statement <\/a>last week.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reel\/988952466737686\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ministry shared a video<\/a> of a guard climbing a perimeter fence to catch the cat.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-youtube-video embed--float-none embed--size-large embed--type-video\">\n<p>\n    <iframe class=\"embed__content lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/WdfxrjFZVqA?autoplay=0&amp;rel=1\" data-optanon-category=\"essential\" data-height=\"113\" data-width=\"200\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe>\n  <\/p><figcaption>\n    <span class=\"embed__caption\"><br \/>\n      <cite><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/WdfxrjFZVqA\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cat used in attempt to smuggle drugs into prison #shorts<\/a><\/cite> by<br \/>\n      <cite><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@CBSNews\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CBS News<\/a><\/cite> on<br \/>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">YouTube<\/a><br \/>\n    <\/span><br \/>\n  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Later, the feline is seen on a prison table while guards carefully cut the packages from its tiny body and remove the drugs from its fur.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Thanks to the quick actions (of the guards) the feline was caught and the packages were removed, thus preventing them from reaching&#8221; the inmates, said the ministry.<\/p>\n<p>According to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/videos\/c0j7zexwpl9o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BBC<\/a>, prison officials handed the cat over to the National Animal Health Service for an evaluation.<\/p>\n<p>Some social media commenters poked fun at the incident. &#8220;And how many years in prison will the cat get?&#8221; one person commented.<\/p>\n<p>Others voiced outrage and sympathy for the cat.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;How cruel,&#8221; on commenter wrote. &#8220;Poor little kitty.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Video showed the cat on a prison table while guards carefully cut the packages from its body.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Costa Rica justice ministry<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>    <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 its body. 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