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Parrot arrested for aiding drug cartel
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newsvideo/weirdnewsvideo/8008871/Parrot-arrested-for-aiding-drug-cartel.html ^ | September 17, 2010

Posted on 09/17/2010 2:33:40 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement

A parrot in Colombia has been arrested after it was seized during a police drugs raid.

According to environmental authorities, Lorenzo the parrot was trying to tip-off a local drug cartel when officers conducted an undercover raid early Wednesday.

"This parrot was sending out alerts," said police officer Hollman Oliveira. "You could say he was some sort of watch bird."

Authorities claim Lorenzo is one of nearly 1700 parrots seized by officials after being trained by drug traffickers to act as lookouts.

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: animals; cartel; colombia; colombians; drugs; parrot
Damn parrots. Give all birds a bad name.
1 posted on 09/17/2010 2:33:43 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
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To: ConservativeStatement

Geez ... and My parrot only does a perfect imitation of my ... ALARM CLOCK


2 posted on 09/17/2010 2:40:11 PM PDT by gwilhelm56 (Enough of Obama's Recovery ... Can I have my Bush Recession Back??)
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To: Slings and Arrows

That parrot’s a stool pigeon - ping


3 posted on 09/17/2010 2:51:54 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Yes, as a matter of fact, what you do in your bedroom IS my business.)
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To: ConservativeStatement
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"I was framed, I tell ya!!! FRAMED! It was the parakeet!!!"
4 posted on 09/17/2010 2:59:24 PM PDT by Mr. Jazzy ("I AM JIM THOMPSON and moderates make me PUKE!!!")
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To: ConservativeStatement

a real jailbird


5 posted on 09/17/2010 3:04:51 PM PDT by bunkerhill7
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To: ConservativeStatement

Ayudame! Yo soy un prisonero politico! Aakk!!!


6 posted on 09/17/2010 3:05:28 PM PDT by tanuki (Obamacare, Cap and Tax, Amnesty, in that order....)
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To: rrrod

Weirdness in Colombia ...


7 posted on 09/17/2010 3:07:23 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("A little plain food, and a philosophic temperament, are the only necessities of life."~W. Churchill)
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To: Tax-chick

that ‘pretty bird’ will get ‘picked’ on in ‘lockerup’


8 posted on 09/17/2010 3:25:18 PM PDT by SF_Redux
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To: SF_Redux

LOL! Might even lose a few key feathers.


9 posted on 09/17/2010 3:55:50 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("A little plain food, and a philosophic temperament, are the only necessities of life."~W. Churchill)
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To: ConservativeStatement
JAIL BIRD!!!
10 posted on 09/17/2010 4:09:27 PM PDT by erod
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To: ConservativeStatement

Cuff ‘em and stuff ‘em.


11 posted on 09/17/2010 4:25:00 PM PDT by MARTIAL MONK (I'm waiting for the POP!)
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