Story By: Anastasia Smirnova, Sub Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Central European News

This alleged drug mule cat has gone missing from its cage sparking fears the trial against a suspected prison drug lord could collapse due to missing evidence.

The stray cat was allegedly used as a drug courier for convicts of a penal colony number 6, located in the city of Tula in western Russia’s Tula Oblast region.

Local media report that the can was based in the colony and a convict identified as Eduard Dolgintsev used it as a mule for drugs.

Dolgintsev allegedly used the cat to sneak drugs to his fellow convicts. The cat would reportedly go to the outside world and would bring drugs back into the prison in a secret pocket on its collar.

The cat was reportedly caught red-handed and put into a so-called animal’s corner in August 2018, where it was awaiting going to be used as key evidence trial.

The cat was being kept in a special cage but reportedly escaped last winter. However, the escape has only come to light after lawyer Dmitriy Sotnikov visited the animal corner.

Local media report the case against Dolgintsev could be dropped due to the lost evidence.

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