At first, news of a pigeon carrying nearly 200 ecstasy tablets in a little backpack seems life-affirming: that we should bear witness to such a confluence of human and avian ingenuity is truly a blessing.
Then come the questions. Who put ’em there? How long did it take to train the pigeon to fly drugs? How long did it take to make the backpack? Did cops use a net to capture the feathery fiend? Or some kind of birdseed-and-bucket-on-a-stick arrangement?
As it stands, we have painfully few concrete answers. Here’s what we do know.
Shocking images: Traffickers use pigeon to smuggle drugs into #Kuwait https://t.co/yl1Ri2xVHk pic.twitter.com/oFGWwX07N5
— Al Arabiya English (@AlArabiya_Eng) May 23, 2017
Kuwaiti paper Al-Rai claims the bird was captured by law enforcement authorities, after it had been tracked flying in from neighbouring Iraq. No, we do not know how authorities managed to follow a single bird over that distance, but we digress.
After it was apprehended flying around a building near the department’s offices, 178 tablets were found stashed in that teeny, tiny lil’ satchel. And that’s it. That’s all we’ve got. No news on bird drug lords… Yet.
While we’re gagging for more info on this one, the internet has already begun its rampant speculation about the whole deal.
Pigeon caught with 20 pills of ecstasy on its back.
Judge refused bail, saying he was a flight risk pic.twitter.com/FMRenRsuHL
— K-2sObi (@ThaJawn) May 24, 2017
@CassLowe Pingeon
— SG Lewis (@SGLewis_) May 24, 2017
@CassLowe IT ALL MAKES SENSE NOW pic.twitter.com/ritfU3LqGX
— Drew (@ifiwasperfect) May 24, 2017
@CassLowe @jkdp16 Was gonna make a jail joke but realized birds are already caged….my mind got twisted AND now I’m super depressed. IDK how I feel anymore..
— ? (@alternateray) May 24, 2017
Not bad for a sky rat, tbh.
Source and photo: Al Arabiya / Al-Rai.
