Pigeon caught carrying drugs in bag attached to back

Pigeon 'caught carrying large stash of drugs in miniature backpack

A pigeon was found carrying drugs in a small bag attached to its back in Kuwait, British media reported, quoting a Kuwaiti newspaper. Customs officials captured the bird, found to be carrying 178 pills, near the customs building close to the border with Iraq.

The Kuwaiti newspaper al-Rai said the drugs were a form of ketamine, used as an illegal drug.

The BBC reported an al-Rai journalist as saying that the customs officials were aware of using pigeons for drug smuggling in the area but this is the first time they've caught one of the birds.

Birds have been caught in the act more than once previously. Columbia had caught a bird in 2011 wearing a bag containing 40 grams of marijuana apparently in an attempt to smuggle the drugs into prison.

In 2015, prison guards in Costa Rica caught a pigeon carrying cocaine and cannabis in a zipped pouch.