Friday, September 24, 2010

Lorenzo the Parrot: BUSTED

I would swear stories like this were made up, but then again, it is Colombia...
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. Lorenzo caused quite the stir on Wednesday as he was presented to journalists. The well trained creature even showed off his look out skills as he yelled out: "run, run you are going to get caught."

"He spent the whole morning saying that," police Colonel Freddy Veloza told RCN television. Despite Lorenzo's attempts, Veloza's officers still managed to seize more than two-hundred weapons, a stolen motorcycle and a large quantity of marijuana. At least four men and two other birds were also arrested in the raids.
Wait, what? You arrested two other birds? It's an epidemic.

20 comments:

  1. That dude looks a whole lot like Pablo Escobar. And a little bit like Kenny Powers.

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  2. i would love to get my hands on one of those parrots. i wonder if there's some sort of adoption program . . . a witness protection program for birds.

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  3. Dave, there is no witness protection program. They probably stick on a spit and roast them up. They probably taste like piping plover which taste like chicken.

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  4. We got no food, no jobs... our PETS' HEADS ARE FALLING OFF!

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  5. Greatest picture ever? Greatest picture ever.

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  6. I guess their new video may answer the question, where the name 'The Flaming Lips' came from.

    http://tbz.me/tS9ob

    probably NSFW. everything is blurred out though.

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  7. Darren Rovell just mentioned this: The Nets are currently 200 to 1 to win the NBA title...might be worth throwing a few bucks at that before the Nets pull off this Melo trade.

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  8. I don't think the Nets need him. I saw an ad in the NY Post for Nets tickets. The ad featured Troy Murphy, Devon Harris, Blake Lopez and Terrence Williams. Smells like NBA Championship already.

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  9. The Nets STILL wouldn't sell tickets with Carmelo. They couldn't draw when they had Kidd and Vince and were going to the conference finals. They play in a new venue in a new city, a city that white folks are scared to drive through.

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  10. Scratch part of that last comment. Vinsanity came two years after their second NBA Finals appearance.

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  11. I bet Melo would tell those parrots to stop snitchin'.

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  12. Fireman Ed: keepin' it classy.

    http://tinyurl.com/2cfpwdu

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  13. Just to be clear, the parrots are not snitches. At no point did they snitch.

    I hate to see the repution of parrots sullied.

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  14. I have no idea what "repution" is.

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  15. i wish i was at the forty hours of fun. can we get an update?

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  16. here's my update: i fucked up communicating with my assistant coach and can't leave home for obx until 2:00 tomorrow. i'll get about 4 hours of fun.

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  17. fortunately, the red sox season is over. were this game meaningful, i would've just broken something. like my hand, or my television.

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