A donkey allegedly involved in a gambling scheme has been arrested by the police and could be facing some serious charges.
The bizarre incident occurred in Pakistan where the Rahim Yar Khan city police officers detained a donkey and tied it outside their police station on suspicion of gambling in public.
According to the reports, the local officers arrested the donkey along with eight men who were accused of placing bets on the animal during a donkey race.
As the Samaa TV Urdu News reported, the authorities have seized several hundred dollars as they apprehended the donkey and the eight men.
“The donkey has been arrested as it has been named in the FIR along with other suspects. The donkey has currently been tied outside the police station,” Officer of the Rahim Yar Khan Police Station told the local media.
While people found guilty of gambling in public places in Pakistan can face both a fine as well as jail time, it isn’t clear whether the same laws can be applied to animals ‘involved’ in gambling.
In another bizarre story involving animal arrest, a pigeon in India has been apprehended and branded a “suspected spy” after the police found it lurking near the border with Pakistan.
The animal was first found by Geeta Devi, a local from Kathua, Kashmir, who realized the bird was painted pink and carried a ring with numbers on it around its foot.
After the police learned of the suspected spy, the pigeon had been arrested and taken into custody by the Indian Border Security Force.
“We don’t know from where it came. Locals captured it near our fences. We have found a ring in its foot on which some numbers are written. Further investigation is underway,” Kathua Police Senior Superintendent, Shailendra Kumar Mishra, revealed according to The Times of India.
The police have allegedly also spoken out to the paper and explained their reasons for concerns by saying:
“Though birds have no boundaries and many fly across international borders during migration, a coded ring tagged to the captured pigeon’s body is a cause for concern as migratory birds don’t have such rings.”
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