'Can't bribe crocodiles': Indonesia may use reptiles as prison guards

Indonesia’s anti-drug agency chief is reportedly planning to build a prison on a remote island which will be guarded by crocodiles. He claims the snapping reptiles can’t be bribed, unlike human warders, and definitely won’t let inmates escape.

“We will place as many crocodiles as we can there. I will search for the most ferocious type of crocodile," National Narcotics Agency (BNN) chief Budi Waseso said, as cited by Indonesian news portal Tempo.


Waseso is eager to build a special prison for drug dealers on a remote island and was trying to come up with a way to prevent drug offenders from controlling the narcotics deals from behind bars – quite a common practice in Indonesia. The crocodiles seem to be the best way out to him.

"You can't bribe crocodiles. You can't convince them to let inmates escape,” he said.

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