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<p>Up in Canada, a pigeon was caught smuggling meth into a <a href="https://dev.theshaderoom.com/rhoslc-star-jen-shah-sentenced-to-6-5-years-in-federal-prison/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">prison</a> by wearing a baggie &#8220;like a little backpack.&#8221;</p>
<h3 style="text-align: center;">Authorities Had To &#8216;Corner&#8217; The Drug-Smuggling Bird</h3>
<p>The odd situation went down back in late December at Pacific Institution in British Columbia, <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/pigeon-caught-with-meth-inside-bc-prison-1.6704753" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CBC News</a> reports. While out on the prison yard, officers noticed a pigeon that appeared to be carrying a small package.</p>
<p>Ultimately, John Randle—a regional president for the Union for Canadian Correctional Officers—was only able to describe the incident as &#8220;kind of a curveball.&#8221;</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;From my understanding, it was tied to it in a similar fashion as like a little backpack.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>Authorities swiftly attempted to intercept the bird before it was able to deliver its illicit cargo, and they ultimately had to &#8220;corner&#8221; the pigeon.</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;They had to corner it. You can imagine how that would look, trying to catch a pigeon.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>They were eventually able to capture the animal, obtain the narcotics, and release the bird.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: center;">The Pigeon Was Moving A &#8216;Fairly Substantial&#8217; Amount Of Crystal Meth</h3>
<p>Around 30 grams of crystal meth were found on the pigeon, which Randle described as a &#8220;fairly substantial&#8221; amount. He also said that finding a drug-smuggling bird was &#8220;definitely scary,&#8221; as it &#8220;causes a whole lot of problems.&#8221;</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;It&#8217;s definitely scary with the fact that it was crystal meth that was found on the bird, because that causes a whole lot of problems.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>Randle also noted that he&#8217;d never heard of a similar instance in his 13 years working at the institution.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: center;">The Incident Serves As A &#8216;Reality Check&#8217; To Stay On Alert</h3>
<p>As carrier pigeons are a thing of the past, Randle considers the situation a lesson to remain vigilant, as you never know what&#8217;s up a smuggler&#8217;s sleeve.</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a bit of a reality check for us that the creativity that people are going to use to try and smuggle drugs and other contraband into the institution is multifaceted.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>He added, &#8220;We&#8217;ve been focusing so much on drone interdiction&#8230;Now we have to look at, I guess, pigeons again.&#8221;</p>
<p>As for how the pigeon could&#8217;ve been trained to deliver the narcotics, Givo Hassko—director of the Vancouver Poultry &; Fancy Pigeon Association—offers one explanation that involves a prisoner raising a pigeon from birth.</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;Like Shawshank Redemption, where he had a crow from a baby—you could do that with a pigeon. Then, yeah, the pigeon would come back.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>The matter is under further investigation, and no further details are available at this time.</p>
<p>What do you think about a bird being caught movin&#8217; weight into a Canadian prison?</p>
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