{"id":13986,"date":"2013-06-05T14:28:33","date_gmt":"2013-06-05T10:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/?p=13986"},"modified":"2013-06-05T14:28:33","modified_gmt":"2013-06-05T10:28:33","slug":"the-contraband-cat-feline-tries-to-smuggle-mobile-phones-and-chargers-into-russian-jail-just-months-after-similar-attempt-in-brazil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/en\/?p=13986","title":{"rendered":"The Contraband Cat: Feline tries to smuggle mobile phones and chargers into Russian jail just months after similar attempt in Brazil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/c1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-13984\" alt=\"c1\" src=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/c1.jpg\" width=\"306\" height=\"423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/c1.jpg 306w, https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/c1-217x300.jpg 217w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 306px) 100vw, 306px\" \/><\/a>Prison inmates been known to bribe guards so they can smuggle in mobile phones.<\/p>\n<p>But &#8211; for the second time in five months &#8211; a cat appears to have been used as an accomplice.<\/p>\n<p>Guards patrolling a prison colony in Russia&#8217;s north saw a cat on the fence that was apparently carrying something.<\/p>\n<p>On a closer look, they found two mobile phones and chargers taped to the male cat&#8217;s belly.<\/p>\n<p>The federal prison service said the incident happened last Friday evening at Penal Colony No 1 near the city of Syktyvkar in Komi province, 600 miles north-east of Moscow.<\/p>\n<p>It was not immediately clear how the cat was supposed to drop off its loot.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesman for the jail said: \u2018Two packages were taped to the animal\u2019s back.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018When the packages were unwrapped, guards found objects prohibited in the penitentiary facility &#8211; two cell phones with batteries and chargers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Obviously we can\u2019t question the cat, but someone somewhere knows who he was delivering these items to and we will hold him until we find out.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>It follows an incident in north-east Brazil in January when a cat carrying a saw and mobile phone was &#8216;detained&#8217; as it entered a prison gate.<br \/>\nGuards at the jail in Arapiraca city, in the state of Alagoas, were surprised when they saw a white cat crossing the main gate of the prison, with its body wrapped with tape.<br \/>\nA closer look showed the feline also carried drills, an earphone, a memory card, batteries and a phone charger.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s tough to find out who&#8217;s responsible for the action as the cat doesn&#8217;t speak,&#8217; a prison spokesman said following the incident on New Year&#8217;s Day.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prison inmates been known to bribe guards so they can smuggle in mobile phones. But&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":13984,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[221,224,149,137],"tags":[13843],"class_list":["post-13986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-editors-choice","category-news","category-russia","category-world","tag-russia","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13986\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}