Criminal Justice

Top Drug Dog to Help Smugglers?

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One of Mexico’s most skilled drug-detection dogs was stolen from his shipping kennel at an airport, leading to fears that he could be collaborating with criminals.

Trained to sniff out drugs, Rex IV may now be used to help drug-dealers figure out how to smuggle their wares without detection, authorities fear. “It’s like kidnapping an intelligence agent,” a Public Security Ministry spokesman tells Reuters.

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