teplightyear t1_jcjepqr wrote on March 17, 2023 at 7:17 AM

Reply to comment by Upbeat-Bandicoot4130 in Second pigeon wearing homemade smuggling backpack found inside B.C. prison by heathtree

>In December, a pigeon wearing a backpack carrying crystal meth was found in the yard at Pacific Institution. Both pigeons were later released.

They mention in the article that the pigeon will just fly to its home base if they release it... then they just release it. It's STILL a viable smuggler for the prisoners. Hell, there's no way to no if it's actually two pigeons. They may have just caught the same pigeon twice and released it twice. Top security at this prison.

Zkenny13 t1_jcjh5cn wrote on March 17, 2023 at 7:53 AM

What are they supposed to do? It's likely the person doing it has to come to retrieve the pigeon so it would be easier to catch them.

teplightyear t1_jcjhecv wrote on March 17, 2023 at 7:56 AM

I've got a feeling this isn't going to go over well, but you have to put the pigeon down. That's what happens to animals when stupid humans train them to do inappropriate shit or otherwise interfere with their wild existence. There's no chance of us making pigeons extinct from putting down every pigeon that's being used as a drug mule for prisons, I'm quite certain. Otherwise, they're probably not going to catch the pigeon every single time, and drugs are going to get into the prison.

Zkenny13 t1_jcjhz8f wrote on March 17, 2023 at 8:05 AM

I don't think you understand. That pigeon doesn't take drugs out of the prison it takes them in. It will only fly back to the prison if it is taken away from it. If it isn't taken away from the prison it won't be used to smuggle drugs.

teplightyear t1_jcji4hc wrote on March 17, 2023 at 8:07 AM

I do understand... I don't think you understand THAT WAS ALWAYS THE PLAN. They smuggle the pigeon OUT of the prison by whatever means they have, then it gets loaded full of drugs and flies back into the prison. If the guards catch it and release the damn thing, it flies back to the prison and they can smuggle it out to load up with drugs again. This will continue happening for as long as the pigeon is alive. If you don't kill the pigeon, now you're playing pigeon games forever.

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schwatto t1_jck2urg wrote on March 17, 2023 at 12:24 PM

Why don’t they just follow the pigeon to the home base and catch the drug dealer that way?

teplightyear t1_jcl45v4 wrote on March 17, 2023 at 4:50 PM

They already caught the pigeon at the home base. The home base is the prison.