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Monkey See, Monkey Do Dope

Police in Dhaka, Bangladesh, have captured two monkeys that had been trained to sell drugs to street users. “Munni” and “Hamid” had been trained how to collect the right amount of cash, apparently by its color, police say. “We are exploring if there are more such cases,” a police spokesman said. The monkeys have been turned over to the Dhaka zoo. (Reuters) ...It does give new meaning to “having a monkey on your back.”


Publication Date: 18 July 1999

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