Dogs used to stop smuggling

Dogs used to stop smuggling

SERANG, West Java: Local police here are using sniffer dogs at
the Merak ferry crossing port to prevent the possibility of
illegal drug and firearm smuggling from Sumatra into Java.

The Bakauheni-Merak ferry crossing port is quite prone to
smuggling attempts of marijuana from Sumatra to Java, Banten
police chief Col. Soebandy said.

"We deemed it urgent to use sniffer dogs because drug
traffickers have long used the port as a place to smuggle the
contraband from Sumatra," he said as quoted by Antara yesterday.

The news agency also reported that police in Pandeglang, 53
kilometers from the Merak harbor, have seized three packs of
marijuana and 10 packs of heroine from four suspects at the
Carita tourist beach resort.(bas)