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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Updated: Monday, 07 Jan 2013, 6:42 AM CST
Published : Monday, 07 Jan 2013, 6:42 AM CST
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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