Cat Caught Sneaking Contraband into Prison

By Isolde Raftery, NBC News

Cat Caught Sneaking Contraband into Prison

January 7, 2013 Updated Jan 7, 2013 at 9:49 AM PDT

The cat came back, it just couldn't stay away.

And when it did come back on New Year’s Eve, a guard standing watch at a prison gate in northeastern Brazil thought there was something unusual about the slender white kitty slipping by.

He alerted other guards who helped him to catch the feline, according to a statement by the federal prisons bureau, and they found that the cat’s torso was wrapped tight with contraband. Specifically: Two small saws, two drills for concrete, a headset, a cell phone, a cell phone charger and three batteries.

The confiscated material could have allowed inmates to cut bars and dig tunnels, according to the statement, while allowing them to communicate with people on the outside. The cat, it appeared, belonged to the inmates and traveled between the prison and the homes of the inmates' families, who live in the area.

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