BARRANQUILLA, Colombia -- A parrot has become a jail-bird after being arrested during a drug raid.

According to 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.



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I heard this on the news this morning.

They seriously arrested a PARROT? Parrots are smart and all, but I highly doubt it had any idea what it was doing was illegal.

poor bird

Arrested? Da ****?

I watched this in news last week I guess, I was like wtf!!

Of course they arrest a COLORED bird

OMFG I AM ABOUT TO BREAK THIS DAMN LAPTOP Jesus lmao

this is hilarious!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

I live for your posts.

lmao thats gangstaa

Really? Because YOU CAN'T BE SURE. Once my mom's parakeet tried to give me a bag of cocaine! I was like, No! But it whispered something, bit my earlobe and tried to shove it down my shirt! I ran away and called the cops.

Then I woke up!

Did they read the parrot his Miranda rights? If not the bird should sue.

The bird's the word!

I read the first part, and was like WTF? Then I saw the last sentence.

this is so dumb

WOW!

What are they gonna do with the parrot? Send it to a special prison for parrots?

Ok, a life in prison for a parrot? WHAT THE ****!

ANIMAL ****ING CRUELTY!