Post by Soutpeel on Apr 16, 2016 14:17:35 GMT 7
Airport sniffer dogs are finding sausages and cheese but not Class A drugs
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Sniffer dogs at Manchester Airport failed to detect Class A drugs yet were able to locate holidaymakers’ cheese and sausages, according to a new report.
The team of detector hounds were trained to search for illegal drugs, tobacco, cash and ‘bush meat’, although they did not sniff out any heroin or cocaine during a six-month period studied by the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration.
The six dogs, who cost £1.25 million to house and operate, each had a speciality and were trained to detect either money, products of animal origin (POAO), tobacco or drugs.
Over the period the dogs helped seize more than 46,000 cigarettes, 60kg of tobacco, 181kg of illegal meat, and £28,000 cash.
The report said: ‘Heroin and cocaine were assessed as ‘very high’ priority within both air passengers and freight.
Read more: metro.co.uk/2016/04/14/airport-sniffer-dogs-are-finding-sausages-and-cheese-but-not-class-a-drugs-5815608/#ixzz45yIT5HOq
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Sniffer dogs at Manchester Airport failed to detect Class A drugs yet were able to locate holidaymakers’ cheese and sausages, according to a new report.
The team of detector hounds were trained to search for illegal drugs, tobacco, cash and ‘bush meat’, although they did not sniff out any heroin or cocaine during a six-month period studied by the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration.
The six dogs, who cost £1.25 million to house and operate, each had a speciality and were trained to detect either money, products of animal origin (POAO), tobacco or drugs.
Over the period the dogs helped seize more than 46,000 cigarettes, 60kg of tobacco, 181kg of illegal meat, and £28,000 cash.
The report said: ‘Heroin and cocaine were assessed as ‘very high’ priority within both air passengers and freight.
Read more: metro.co.uk/2016/04/14/airport-sniffer-dogs-are-finding-sausages-and-cheese-but-not-class-a-drugs-5815608/#ixzz45yIT5HOq
