A cat detained at Sri Lanka’s main prison for allegedly trying to smuggle drugs and cell phone SIM cards, has escaped from custody.
The feline was detected by jail intelligence officials on Saturday, August 1 at the high-security Welikada Prison, a police official said.
A police official said nearly two grams of heroin, two SIM cards and a memory chip were found in a small plastic bag tied around the cat’s neck.
Aruna newspaper in Sri Lanka however reported that the cat escaped on Sunday August 2, from a prison room where it was kept.
Investigations are proceeding to determine if the cat had been used previously to smuggle drugs and contraband.
The prison had reported an increase in incidents of people throwing small packets of drugs, cell phones and phone chargers over the walls in recent weeks.
Sri Lanka has been battling a major drug problem with some anti-narcotics detectives also implicated in selling confiscated drugs.
Police last week seized an eagle allegedly used by drug traffickers to distribute narcotics in a suburb of Colombo.
