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A marijuana load of more than two tons was seized Friday by CBP Border Patrol Agents at the Interstate 35 checkpoint. Agents working at the checkpoint, 15 miles north of Laredo, reported intercepting the 4,181 pound narcotic contraband from a tractor trailer bearing license plates from North Carolina and Oklahoma. The cargo was searched after a drug-sniffing canine alerted toward the trailer, officials said. Further inspection with the dog led agents to 272 bundles of "refined marijuana," the report stated. Three subjects of U.S. citizenship were arrested in connection with the seizure and were subsequently taken into custody by the...

TORONTO (Reuters) - A Canadian couple has launched a business offering worried parents or concerned employers private drug-detection services that will search homes and offices for everything from marijuana to heroin. Russ Rathy of Pense, Saskatchewan, started the home-based business, Crusader Resources, along with his wife, after buying a young German shepherd trained to sniff out drugs. The dog, named Alis Vicona, cost C$20,000 ($16,000) and can detect drugs or the residue of drugs in buildings or on clothing, even after 30 days. "If you suspect your kids of drug use, this is one way to make sure there's no...

March 3, 2004, 9:19AM Traffic stop yields $1 million stashed in truck By S.K. BARDWELL Copyright 2004 Houston Chronicle Law officers seized about $1 million in cash found in a hidden compartment in a tractor-trailer rig pulled over for a routine traffic stop this morning. The truck was stopped about 4 a.m. on the southbound lanes of U.S. 59 near Bissonnet by Harris County Sheriff's Department deputies. The deputies said they became suspicious when the driver's description of where he had been and where he was going kept changing. Drug-sniffing dogs were brought to the scene and found a hidden...

<p>CHATTANOOGA — A Chattanooga Police Department K-9 officer was fired and two others were suspended after an internal affairs probe concluded they falsified police dogs' certifications.</p> <p>The investigation involved two drug-sniffing Belgian Malinois dogs, Casper and Viper, purchased last year for $7,000 apiece in South Carolina.</p>