Pakistani pigeon spy arrested for espionage in India MAY 31, 2015 | NEWDELHISAMACHARA | EDIT The intelligence agencies across the globe are busy boosting their communication interception capabilities, Indian security authorities have not forgotten the centuries-old methods adversaries might use, literally intercepting a spy pigeon from Pakistan. Hard to believe but true. It is one of the few occasions recently that a bird has been deemed a “spy” and arrested by authorities after the discovery of a secret message or a wire-like objects on their bodies. The white pigeon is believed to have crossed from Pakistan earlier this week, before a 14-year-old boy in the Indian village of Pathankot, Punjab state, captured it some 4km from the border. The boy rushed to hand the “spy” over to police, who discovered a message in the Urdu language and numbers that authorities believe were part of a landline telephone number in Pakistan’s Na...
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