Canadian jail guards have been surprised to find a pigeon carrying a “backpack” containing prohibited substances within the yard of a jail in British Columbia, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) reported Friday.
Guards have been in a fenced space used for social and recreation for prisoners when one officer noticed a grey fowl with one thing hooked up to its again.
“From my understanding, it was tied to it in a similar fashion as like a little backpack,” mentioned John Randle, a president of the Union of Canadian Correctional Officers, Pacific Region.
The guards investigated however it took “a lengthy period of time” to catch the wrongdoer.
“They had to corner it,” Randle mentioned. “You can imagine how that would look, trying to catch a pigeon.”
The backpack was discovered to include 30 grams (1.06 ounces) of the extremely addictive crystal meth drug. Short for crystal methamphetamine, it’s an unlawful and highly effective road drug that initially creates a false sense of happiness within the consumer earlier than continued use begins to destroy the physique.
“It’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,” Randle mentioned.
Homing pigeons had been employed beforehand to hold varied gadgets into prisons, however drones changed the birds – final month a drone dropped a firearm into Canada’s Mission penal establishment.
But, as a result of guards are looking out for drones, the pigeon seems to have staged a comeback.
“We’ve been focusing so much on drone interdiction … now we have to look at, I guess, pigeons again,” queried Randle.
The drug-carrying pigeon, whereas responsible, was launched unhurt and fortunately despatched on its merry method.
