Okay, today’s weekend kickoff story comes to us from Brazil.

In this country, drug dealers often have dogs as a deterrent to police raids. Not in Brazil. A parrot almost foiled a police raid on some drug dealers.

When the green-and-white bird spotted officers Tuesday at its owners’ Teresina home, the parrot squawked “Mama, Police!” in Portuguese, according to the local outlet Oliberal.com.

Despite the bird’s efforts to tip off the owners, a man and woman were arrested, the outlet reports. Drugs, including crack and marijuana, were also found at the property as well as large amounts of money.

Police have reason to believe the parrot was trained to report police in the area. The bird, who reportedly has no name, hasn’t been saying much since he was taken into custody. He’s been transferred to a zoo since there’s no law about singing like a canary in Brazil.

Thanks to Jaime for the heads up.