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Colombia's "El Tiempo" daily reports today on the capture and confinement of a drug smuggler near the Venezuelan border. Police report that the suspect, discovered hiding in a large agricultural sack on a bus, had several bags of coca paste, the basis for cocaine, tied to his legs and wings. The police further note that the suspect was a chicken. The chicken, reports Colonel Richard Portilla, director of operations for regional law enforcement, is being held at the local prosecutors office until further soup ingredients become necessary.

In the last year, several ducks and at least one turkey have also played mule.