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Homing Pigeon Caught Carrying Nearly 200 Ecstasy Pills On Its Back
It appears that drug smugglers are coming up with every trick in the book to try and get their products to their customers. You might have seen Banged Up Abroad, where tourists get arrested with bags of cocaine or heroin strapped to their bodies and locked up for years.
But this method of smuggling is much more nuanced.
Authorities in Kuwait had been tracking a homing pigeon that was coming from Iraq. Funnily enough, officers managed to detain the bird on a building near the customs department.
According to local newspaper Al-Rai, there were 178 ecstasy pills were found in a small bag attached to the bird's back.
Pigeons have been used for many years to send messages as far as 1,800 kilometres (1,100 miles) away. Their average flying speed is roughly 50 mph (80km/h) - so they're great for ferrying things quickly.
People on social media couldn't believe it:
It appears that drug smugglers are coming up with every trick in the book to try and get their products to their customers. You might have seen Banged Up Abroad, where tourists get arrested with bags of cocaine or heroin strapped to their bodies and locked up for years.
But this method of smuggling is much more nuanced.
Authorities in Kuwait had been tracking a homing pigeon that was coming from Iraq. Funnily enough, officers managed to detain the bird on a building near the customs department.
According to local newspaper Al-Rai, there were 178 ecstasy pills were found in a small bag attached to the bird's back.
Pigeons have been used for many years to send messages as far as 1,800 kilometres (1,100 miles) away. Their average flying speed is roughly 50 mph (80km/h) - so they're great for ferrying things quickly.
People on social media couldn't believe it:
