Given a chance, prisoners would love to be able to consider one of the mobiles for cash schemes.  For a number of Brazilian prisoners, it seems the mobiles at any cost are the order of the day. In a desperate attempt to join the cell phone boom, these guys are employing pigeons to fly in their mobiles.

The prisoners desperate, or ingenious plans, whichever way you want to look at it, were foiled when guards apprehended two birds on their way to Sorocaba Prison, some 60 miles from Sao Paolo.  The birds were caught red-clawed carrying a small bag each, containing a mobile and charger, although the weight of such items must have proved quite a challenge for the birds.

The birds were stopped on two consecutive days, although Brazilian prison authorities were not sure how many phones might have got through using such methods. But how many Brazilian prisoners will take part in the mobiles for cash schemes in the future, remains to be seen.

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