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Australia: Alert dog sniffs out $70,000 drug haul
Ben Way and Gavin Lower The Australian
Tuesday 16 Jan 2007 AN INTERSTATE drug run worth more than $70,000 has been thwarted by an alert sniffer dog. Crash, a six-year-old Australian Customs Service black labrador, detected 4kg of cannabis hidden in 10 vacuum-sealed bags packed into a suitcase at Adelaide Airport's domestic terminal on Friday. And his reward for the spectacular find - a rolled up hand towel. "It is a toy reward to play tug-of-war with," Customs dog handler Diana French said. "He will think it is the greatest thing ever. "It was great to see all the training pay off and Crash seemed pretty excited too. He was pumped." A 36-year-old man from Salisbury North has been charged with one count of possessing a controlled substance for sale or supply. He appeared in the Adelaide Magistrates Court yesterday afternoon. The man did not enter a plea and was released on bail to appear in court again later this week. He was waiting to check-in his luggage on a domestic flight to Sydney when the drugs were detected. "Crash was working up in Cairns for about four years and only came down here in June last year. As far as I know this is his biggest bust yet," Ms French said. "He's been responsible for some cannabis finds in international mail and that sort of thing but not of this size. This was very exciting." The Australian Federal Police estimate the drugs would have amounted to more than 2000 street deals. It is the first significant drug seizure for the AFP's newly formed Unified Policing Model at Adelaide Airport. Police targeting potential threats to aviation security and the detection of drugs, including cannabis, have been increased at designated airports around Australia.
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