Sunday, May 22, 2005

Drug Dogs Trained to Find Talcum Powder

When police sniffer dogs couldn't trace drugs, the Australian state police force soon discovered the reason: the cocaine sample used to train them was talcum powder. Seven dogs that had worked on drug searches over the past three months will need to be retrained, Victoria Police Assistant Commissioner Paul Evans said Friday.

Now that is pure comedy.

2 comments:

Nam LaMore said...

like me, i'm sure lots of passengers carry talcum powder as part of their sundries. k wonder how many grandmother-like passengers had to explain their weren't muling cocaine stashes to make extra money on the side!

Unknown said...

I would guess that on the evidence of a dog they can be jailed, travel documents held and their belongings impounded.

I do not know if any of the above happened. But, I bet it did.