Criminals are always trying to find the best way to carry out their crimes without the authorities noticing. A woman in California had the idea of using dog treats to transport her illegal merchandise. He did not count on the fact that a dog that helps authorities track illicit items would be the one to discover his plan.
According to a Facebook post from the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office, A K-9, that is, an official dog, discovered several kilos of methamphetamine in a box of dog treats. The events occurred on February 15.
According to authorities, they stopped a vehicle that was traveling near Lakeville Highway and Baywood Drive, in Petaluma, as part of a regular operation. The car was driven by the suspect Angelina Gutiérrez, 41, who already had a felony charge for transportation of controlled substances.
When she was stopped, the agent realized that the driver already had a warrant for her arrest for a misdemeanor in Mendocino County. But Little did he know that he would discover methamphetamine in the vehicle, which he was able to confirm after his K-9 approached the car. on suspicion that he was trafficking narcotics.
People might imagine that since the drug was hidden in a box of dog treats the trained animal would not be able to distinguish the illicit material. However, she found the boxes and alerted the officer that they contained methamphetamine. The K-9 also located additional packages of drugs inside a cat litter box. In the end they found 10 pounds, that is, 4 and a half kilos of methamphetamines in 10 bags.
Of course Both the officers and the community praised the police dog's efforts upon its discovery. While Gutiérrez was taken under arrest to the Sonoma County jail, although she was released after obtaining bail.
Why are police dogs called K-9?
Although its origin is not clear, Dogs have helped the authorities for many years now. It is believed that their security role began during the First World War when the animals were trained to track in operational areas.
Years later, in Switzerland, they began to use these animals for other purposes such as rescuing people who had been trapped in avalanches. For World War II the British brought dogs to help in the search for people in the rubble.
As to why they are called K-9, the answer is curious. The term K-9, in English K nine, is a homonym of the word canine. Today, trained dogs are used for different tasks such as finding people in the middle of disasters and detecting drugs, as in the case of the woman in California.
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