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Initech

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Tue Jun 4, 2013, 04:51 PM Jun 2013

Cat Smuggling Illegal Cell Phones Into Russian Prison Detained By Authorities

Cat detained on illegal mission at Russian prison

MOSCOW (AP) -- Inmates at Russia's prisons have been known to bribe guards to obtain cellphones. But using cats as couriers?

Guards patrolling a prison colony in Russia's north saw a feline on the fence and it seemed to be carrying something. On a closer look, they found a few cellphones and chargers taped to the cat's belly.

The federal prison service said Monday that this happened on Friday at Penal Colony No. 1 near the city of Syktyvkar in the Komi province, 1,000 kilometers (some 600 miles) northeast of Moscow.

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