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Guards hold a cat that has items taped to its body at a medium-security prison

In this photo taken with a cell phone early Monday, Dec. 31, 2012, guards hold a cat that has items taped to its body at a medium-security prison in Arapiraca, in Alagoas state, Brazil. (AP Photo/SGAP)
 

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Cat used in Brazil prison smuggling try

Cellphone, drills, small saws taped to its body

Updated: Monday, 07 Jan 2013, 7:42 AM EST
Published : Monday, 07 Jan 2013, 7:42 AM EST

SAO PAULO (AP) — Guards thought there was something suspicious about a little white cat slipping through a prison gate in northeastern Brazil.

A prison official says that when they caught the animal, they found a cellphone, drills, small saws and other contraband taped to its body.

Alagoas state prisons spokeswoman Cinthya Moreno says that the cat was caught New Year's Eve at the medium-security prison in the city of Arapiraca.

The O Estado de S. Paulo newspaper reported Saturday that all of the prison's 263 inmates are suspects in the smuggling attempt, though it says a prison spokesman said "It will be hard to discover who is responsible since the cat does not speak."

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