A Colombian Drug Cartel has put out a hit on a drug-sniffing dog. Veuer’s Sam Berman has the full story.
A dog in Colombia which has sniffed out a record amount of drugs in her career with the counter-narcotics police force has been moved to ensure her safety.
Intelligence sources said the Urabeños drugs gang had put a 200m-peso ($70,000; £53,000) price on the German shepherd’s head after she found almost 10 tonnes of the gang’s cocaine.
The Urabeños is considered Colombia’s most powerful criminal organisation.
Sombra (Shadow) was moved from the gang’s heartland to Bogotá airport.
The international airport is considered safer for her as it is outside the gang’s main area of influence, but the counter-narcotics force is taking no risks.
Police said that apart from her usual handler she was now also accompanied by extra officers to improve her safety during her deployments.
Drug traffickers’ scourge
Six-year-old Sombra had been deployed in ports on the Atlantic coast including Turbo, a town from which tonnes of cocaine are shipped by speedboat and sometimes by submarine to Central America and on to the United States.
Sombra sniffed out 5.3 tonnes of cocaine in Turbo and recently found another four tonnes stashed in car parts meant for export.
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