Service dog tracks down 128 kilograms of hashish at Zurich Airport
Keystone-SDA
A sniffer dog at Zurich Airport has uncovered a shipment of drugs during an inspection of a freight consignment from the United States. A total of 128kg of hashish were hidden in 30 boxes labelled as “waterproof vinyl flooring”.
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The 144 suspicious boxes were spread across four pallets, the Federal Office for Customs and Border Security said on Tuesday. The police used the narcotics sniffer dog to carry out a more detailed check. The dog gave an alert shortly afterwards.
The narcotics were seized and handed over to the Zurich cantonal police.
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