(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-130106-cat-cannon1.photoblog600.jpg)Penitentiary System Of Alagoas / AFP - Getty ImagesBrazilian authorities captured a cat that was entering a prison with a saw, bits for hand drills, a mobile phone, batteries and charger. The cat belonged to the prisoners and was frequently taken by relatives to their homes, returning to the prison on its own. By Isolde Raftery, NBC NewsThe cat came back, it just couldn’t stay away.
Follow @NBCNewsWorld (https://twitter.com/NBCNewsWorld) And when it did come back on New Year’s Eve, a guard standing watch at a prison gate in northeastern Brazil thought there was something unusual about the slender white kitty slipping by.
He alerted other guards who helped him to catch the animal, according to a statement by the federal prisons bureau (http://www.sgap.al.gov.br/sala-de-imprensa/noticias/agentes-do-pdlos-impedem-entrada-de-serras-e-celular-no-presidio), and they found that the cat’s torso was wrapped tight with contraband.
Specifically: Two small saws, two drills for concrete, a headset, a cell phone, a cell phone charger and three batteries.
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