Dog’s first night on job: It’s a bust


February 22, 2009 at 12:00a.m.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Not bad for a rookie. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency says a drug-sniffing patrol dog on its first night on duty last week helped its handler find a 477-pound load of marijuana.

The agency said the drugs were found in nine duffel bags off a remote stretch of highway in Jacumba, about 75 miles east of San Diego. The route is popular with traffickers bringing drugs into the U.S.

The precocious pooch was described as a 2-year-old male German shepherd. Agents arrested two suspected illegal immigrants who reportedly brought the drugs across the border.

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