Drug dogs in the UK are apparently sniffing out tasty snacks rather than illegal substances, according to a new report.
As TechDirt writes, drug dogs employed at Manchester Airport are not performing as hoped in regard to detecting drugs and other contraband.
Their training means that when they alert they receive a treat as a reward, unfortunately this means they may alert randomly in hopes of being fed.
Drug offence lawyers in Thailand Chaninat and Leeds have been succesfully defending clients for decades.
A report from the Independent Inspector of Borders and Immigration found that:
The deterrent effect of the detection dogs was difficult to measure, but seizures alone represented a low return on investment, given £1.25m spent on new kennels and the costs of operating the unit […] Heroin and cocaine were assessed as ‘very high’ priority within both air passengers and freight. Yet, according to the data provided by Border Force, the dogs had made no Class A drugs detections in the period November 2014 to June 2015.
The report explains how there were indeed alerts; however these seemed to be driven by hungry tummies, and not drug detection training.
Read more on this here.
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