Drug dogs are vital to Border Patrol operations. They are trained to sniff out substances so they do not make it over the border and into the U.S. These pups and their handlers keep the drugs off the streets, which keeps people safe and halts some of the money heading to dealers and their organizations.
Seizing Drugs
It's incredible just how much a dog and his handler can seize in a week. In fact, a US Border Patrol handler and dog team were able to prevent 97 pounds of fentanyl from crossing over the border in Arizona.
Three packages of fentanyl weighing 12 pounds were found by a drug-sniffing dog and seized at the Nogales Station. Even small seizures are important because the drug is so deadly. The 12 pounds is enough to kill 2.7 million people. The Chief Patrol Agent, John R. Modlin tweeted, “Just 2 milligrams of fentanyl can be lethal!”
The same dog and handler team found 85 pounds hidden in food a week prior. According to customs and border patrol officials, 5,300 pounds have been seized in the 2022 fiscal year as of March.
Another Discovery
A couple of days after the April 19 discovery, the Ajo Station drug-sniffing dog discovered 102 pounds of methamphetamine. So far, 88,000 pounds of the drug have been seized in the current fiscal year.
The dangerous drug has been tied to the deaths of over 100,000 U.S. citizens. The drug is far more potent than morphine, prescription drugs, and heroin. Often, users are not even going for the fentanyl specifically. It is mixed with other drugs, sometimes without the user's knowledge, which is how many overdoses happen.
Border Patrol and Customs have a large operation to cut down on the amount of these drugs filtering into the U.S. The highly trained dogs may just be a part of the teams. They're highly effective at finding hidden drugs and a vital partner to their handlers.
The question remains if protecting users of these deadly drugs will not instill a sense of safete in users of drugs, thereby increasing the number of users, and in the end increasing fatalities from illegal drug use
Um... what?
Thank God Mexico has decided to help shut down the drug trade. Our people have been really stressed!
Now ask our government ----Is it time to address the southern border????
Nicolas, as long as liberals are in control - those borders will mostly open - because the liberals in charge are the ones getting mega RICH from the drug sales to our kids - even the little ones!!! AND their generation will be in worse shape than those from the 60s!!!
Thank God for these dogs and their handlers. They are true heroes. This has got to stop or is the governments all in for this?
If it were not for the dogs many more people would be dead. As someone who had a parent who was made a addict by a doctor who didn't give a dang I am thankful that these dogs are out there protecting us and some give their life to save people.
Just another way for 'brandon & company' to eliminate U.S. citizens. It's far beyond time for them to be tried & punished for treason.
Wonder if Hunter has a stake in drug enterprise racking additional money - that could explain the wide open border policy of this administration !
YA THINK Polina??? Of COURSE he has his "nose" in it all and is probably richer than "daddy" by now because of it!
Just curious… seems to me these Countries including our own, have it backwards, if they would “” Severely penalize people give them Prison time & or stiff fines “”Before they Travel “”More Notices & intense education program at the Airports & legislate more Awareness on the penalties to persons who transport items in there suitcases , baggage or belonging “” Claiming they were doing it as a favor then when they get caught they say they knew nothing about it being drugs… “They we’re doing it for a so called friend”” They would see a “” Dramatic drop in seizure cases”” Look at the Seizure case numbers!! And you will be surprised just how common this practice is.
Fred - don't be so naive - all that is being done - these people just don't THINK - they are SURE that they have the "best hiding place" or that inspectors or dogs won't see or sniff through their "cloud" of whatever they think will work FOR them...we have to stop this stupid "defund the police" crappola and the people have to open their eyes to the people running for office who hold these lower than low kind of principles!
It’s almost impossible to shut down the drug trade that crosses our southern border killing mostly millions of children who don’t have enough good sense yet to realize they’re putting their lives on the line.
Are you kidding- billions of dollars are made in week by drug, human and children for sex trafficking! Leaves you wondering if our political elite getting some crumbs since they are blind and deaf to that horrendous and very dangerous problem this administration pretends doesn’t exist ! On the contrary -the latest technology equipped fences worth millions of dollars are left rotting or being destroyed!
The MOMS of this country MUST use their influence on their children - although we never know about EVERYTHING our kids do, IF we want to SAVE THEIR LIVES, we need to make them & their understanding of what these drugs do to individuals and families. AND no one knows which of our friends will attempt over & over again to get us into the trap! MOMS have the power and it starts when they are babies - don't "nag" them to death but be sure to find the way to teach YOUR child...that's what will turn this around!!! Moms...just DO IT = HURRY TIME IS RUNNING OUT...
The only thing that I can see bad is the fact that for everyone caught there is probably 3 or 4 that has
made it into the Country.
With OPEN BORDERS who knows what else is coming into the Country? Drugs, Weapons, Sickness.
Bad enough to have to fight off and stand our grounds with our own government our alone foreigners.