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Post by Aussienot on Jan 26, 2007 16:55:56 GMT -5
Sniffer dog gets death threats 5.45, Fri Jan 26 2007 A sniffer dog is under heightened security after receiving several death threats from Colombian drug gangs. Five-year-old Agata, a golden Labrador, has had a price on her head since 2004 and a 24-hour guard monitors her food for poisoning. But none of this keeps one of Colombia's best drug-sniffing dogs from doing her job. Stationed in the southern Amazon River border town of Leticia, Agata works at the local airport. Agata has been working under death threats for two years More than two years ago, police intercepted a message from drug traffickers revealing a plan to poison her. She is the only Colombian police dog known to have a contract put out on her by drug smugglers tired of having their goods confiscated. Police said a $10,000 (£5,100) bounty was put on Agata's furry head after a string of detections she made in 2004 in Colombia, convicting some of the world's biggest cocaine producers. From ITV News 5.45, Fri Jan 26 2007
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