Bengaluru cops raise special canine unit to sniff out ‘synthetic drugs’
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Bengaluru cops raise special canine unit to sniff out ‘synthetic drugs’

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: To combat drug trafficking effectively, the city police have trained one of their dog squads to detect “synthetic drugs” such as MDMA, LSD, and ecstasy pills, which are commonly used in rave parties. However, they have now been trained to sniff around 10 “synthetic drugs”, according to officials of this special unit of six dogs. City Police Commissioner B Dayananda told TNIE that the unit has been specially trained to detect “synthetic drugs”. Dayananda said the officials in-charge of the narcotic canine squad are keen on training all dogs in the department in detecting “synthetic drugs”.

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Deccan Chronicle  

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