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UK: Labrador is first private nose

The News Online (Portsmouth and the Solent)

Monday 20 Aug 2001

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BART the labrador's nose is a high-powered weapon in the battle against
crime. He's the country's only working drug detection dog outside police
kennels.

And the next time you see Bart he could be using his finely-tuned nostrils
to protect your favourite nightclub from drug dealers.

Bart and his best friend David Lowe, 39, bonded through six weeks of
intensive training with Surrey police at their Guildford dog school, among
the top police training facilities in the country.

Mr Lowe, of Lowe Securities, near Locks Heath, said: 'He's a really lovely
dog and totally friendly towards people.

'But he has been trained to have a high drive to sniff out substances such
as heroin, cocaine, cannabis or ecstasy.'

Movie scenes of snarling beasts tackling drug dealers bear no resemblance
to 14-month-old Bart's docile method of detection.

'If he picks up a scent he simply goes to a person and sits in front of
them,' said Mr Lowe.

 

 

 

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