‘They’re very, very good’: Dogs detect drugs in Ginoogaming

By Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, SNnewswatch.com GINOOGAMING — If you’re carrying drugs, Radar will notice. The Belgian Malinois has been sniffing out illegal substances this week in Ginoogaming First Nation. When he smells a drug, he sits firmly on the ground to let his handler know. He and canine teammate Ace are highly trained and expensive, Creegonquin Security owner Randy Cota said Wednesday in Ginoogaming. Creegonquin, an Indigenous-owned company headquartered in Moosonee, has been contracted by Ginoogaming First Nation to provide Radar and Ace’s drug-detecting services at entry checkpoints. “They’re drug detection only,” Cota said of the intense dogs. “They’re very, very good. If you have a Percocet in your shoe, (Radar) is going to find it. There’s no getting away from him. His nose is 10,000 times…

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