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By Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, SNnewswatch.com GINOOGAMING \u2014 If you\u2019re 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\u2019s drug-detecting services at entry checkpoints. \u201cThey\u2019re drug detection only,\u201d Cota said of the intense dogs. \u201cThey\u2019re very, very good. If you have a Percocet in your shoe, (Radar) is going to find it. There\u2019s no getting away from him. His nose is 10,000 times… <\/p>\n

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By Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, SNnewswatch.com GINOOGAMING \u2014 If you\u2019re 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\u2019s drug-detecting services at entry checkpoints. \u201cThey\u2019re drug detection only,\u201d Cota said of the intense dogs. \u201cThey\u2019re very, very good. If you have a Percocet in your shoe, (Radar) is going to find it. There\u2019s no getting away from him. His nose is 10,000 times... <\/p>\n

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