In this Nov. 6, 2018 photo, a Puerto Rican parrot eats inside one of the flight cages in the Iguaca Aviary at El Yunque, Puerto Rico, where the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service runs a parrot recovery program in collaboration with the Forest Service and the De
In this Nov. 6, 2018 photo, a Puerto Rican parrot eats inside one of the flight cages in the Iguaca Aviary at El Yunque, Puerto Rico, where the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service runs a parrot recovery program in collaboration with the Forest Service and the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources. Carlos Giusti, AP
By Sam Bigelow

SALT LAKE CITY — One thing’s for sure: This bird isn’t a stool pigeon.

According to The Guardian, a parrot in Brazil was taken into custody by local police on April 30 after they arrested the bird’s drug dealer owners.

Police claim the parrot had been trained to shout “Mum, the police!” when it saw the local authorities in Vila Irmã Dulce. The police apprehended the dealers during a raid on their home, despite the warning.

The police allegedly hoped the parrot would be able to provide details on its owners’ drug operation, but Brazilian reporters have said that the “papagaio do tráfico” — or drug trafficking parrot — refused to speak to the police, a claim confirmed by a veterinarian, Vice reports.

The parrot will spend three months learning to fly at a zoo before being released into the wild, according to The Guardian.

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Twitter users have already started joking about the incident, and a parody Twitter account has been set up for the bird.

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