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Cell Phone Hidden in Cake, Smuggled Into Prison

by Tim Stevens, posted Jul 26th 2008 at 12:04PM

Chaplain Unwittingly Smuggles Cell Phone in Birthday Cake

Cell phones are now legal in most places -- even North Korea, where, until recently, owning one was a crime punishable by death. But despite certain celebrities acting otherwise, cellys are still illegal in jails, where criminals are resorting to some interesting techniques to smuggle them in -- such as baking them into cakes, as a chaplain unwittingly found out in Dublin, Ireland.

The chaplain was bringing a birthday cake in to a prisoner serving a two-year sentence for arson. When he arrived, the cake was sent through an X-Ray machine and a phone was found stashed inside, hidden like keys or weapons used to be in old-time movies. It's unclear exactly who actually baked the cake and put the phone inside, but the chaplain at least has been cleared of any wrongdoing while the investigation continues. [Source: Belfasttelegraph.co.uk, via textually.org]

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Escalonz @ Jul 26th 2008 9:33PM

Cell Phone Hidden in Cake, Smuggled Into Prison
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No hacksaw???

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Andy @ Jul 27th 2008 2:20PM

my luck the phone would have toned..

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Audra @ Jul 27th 2008 2:25PM

Kilgoretrout were you a criminal in a past life or just good at escaping things

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