Police to form a ‘K-9 dog squad’ to combat drug trafficking
03 Mar 2014, 6:57 PM
Ahmed Rilwan
As part of the government’s anti-drug trafficking efforts, the Ministry of Home Affairs has requested the Maldives Police Service (MPS) form a ‘K9 dog squad’.
Upon the ministry’s request, police will soon begin working on establishing the squad, a police official told today. According to the official, local police officers are to be trained for the squad.
Quoting the ministry, local news outlet CNM has reported that a total of fifteen officers would be trained for the purpose.
Police have earlier worked on bringing sniffer dogs into the country as counter-trafficking measure on several occasions. It was included in the organisation’s strategic action plan 2011 -2013, while in late 2012 Indian assistance was sought in bringing police sniffer dogs.
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