Customs Dept to Deploy Dogs to Help Detect Illicit Narcotics

[snoop1130]

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Thai Customs Department has announced the adoption of sniffer dogs to detect narcotic drugs hidden in imported and exported goods, adding that its practices have been upgraded to meet international standards.

 

A ceremony was held on May 8 to mark the beginning of the construction of the Thai Customs Canine Training Center in Samut Prakan’s Bang Phli district. International customs attaches were also present at the ceremony.

 

According to Patchara Anuntasilpa, Director-General of the Customs Department, current technologies used to detect drugs and other illegal products have limitations, but the use of sniffer dogs in customs handling is expected to help transcend these limitations.

 

The U.S., Japan, South Korea, and Australia are among the countries that use sniffer dogs in their customs handling and have formal dog training centers. The Customs Department has been consulting these countries on how to effectively use dogs to detect illegal products before setting up the Samut Prakan center. Currently, two customs officers are attending a training program on working with sniffer dogs at an institution certified by the KCS Detector Dog Training Center in Incheon.

 

The construction of the canine training facility, a one-story building plus an outdoor dog-training ground situated on a two-rai plot of land, is expected to be completed by the end of next month and fully operational in August.

 

Source: https://thainews.prd.go.th/en/news/detail/TCATG230509135516009

 

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[stoner]

they could of rented a space and used it to train the dogs. regardless its a welcome movement from a legal retail cannabis standpoint. 

 

go get the baddies !! 

 

 

[GMReloaded]

Revolutionary idea. Never heard that one before.

[torturedsole]

I hope they name one of the dogs Lassie. I loved that programme.

Edited May 9, 2023 by torturedsole

[metisdead]

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[richard_smith237]

25 minutes ago, GMReloaded said:

Revolutionary idea. Never heard that one before.

Incredible isn’t it... these announcements made with all the pride as if they’ve had a breakthrough idea. 

 

 

I wonder if anyone pointed out there are some spare GT200 ’sniffers’ going around ??? 

 

 

 

[hotchilli]

14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

According to Patchara Anuntasilpa, Director-General of the Customs Department, current technologies used to detect drugs and other illegal products have limitations, but the use of sniffer dogs in customs handling is expected to help transcend these limitations.

You can't fool a mutts nose... X-ray machines are only as good as the operator and therefore are not 100% efficient.

[KhaoYai]

14 hours ago, GMReloaded said:

Revolutionary idea. Never heard that one before.

My thoughts exactly...........Thailand proving once again that it is at the cutting edge of the war against drugs.

[zzaa09]

Why are they illicit.....?

Ever asked yourself?

[KhaoYai]

17 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

You can't fool a mutts nose.

Well yes you can actually - coffee grounds used to be used regularly.  You have to also train the dog to recognise the substances used to cover up the odour of the drugs.

[ozz1]

How do we pay off the dogs envelopes won't work maybe food

[ChipButty]

No shortage of dogs here in Thailand 

[h90]

What a waste of money....You can't beat addiction and narcotics with laws.

[Almer]

17 hours ago, GMReloaded said:

Revolutionary idea. Never heard that one before.

This might catch on in the rest if the world

[jvs]

Recently there was a new K9 training center opened between Hua hin

and Cha-am.

I stopped in to have a chat,police are training drug detection dogs there.

The dogs looked good and they are being treated fairly.

It is not difficult to train a detection dog and a well trained dog can not

be tricked.

They are far better than x-ray machines because they are very mobile

and can work a large area in a short time.

I know the heat is really hard on them so they have to be kept cool.

[Guitar God]

5 hours ago, KhaoYai said:

Well yes you can actually - coffee grounds used to be used regularly.  You have to also train the dog to recognise the substances used to cover up the odour of the drugs.

That’s not how dog’s sense of smell works. A stronger scent may cover up another scent for humans but dogs will smell both. 

[KhaoYai]

4 hours ago, Guitar God said:

That’s not how dog’s sense of smell works. A stronger scent may cover up another scent for humans but dogs will smell both. 

Then you should check out what used to happen - before it was discovered that smugglers were using 'cover ups'.

[n00dle]

5 hours ago, Guitar God said:

That’s not how dog’s sense of smell works. A stronger scent may cover up another scent for humans but dogs will smell both. 

they only caveat there is a smell so toxic or strong it pretty much obliterates the dogs ability to smell anything for a while.  But then that is something that would stand out on its own.

Edited May 10, 2023 by n00dle

[h90]

19 hours ago, Guitar God said:

That’s not how dog’s sense of smell works. A stronger scent may cover up another scent for humans but dogs will smell both. 

I got told in the Vietnam war they made the entrance to the tunnels at pig farms between the excrement so the dog can't detect it.....Second hand story, don't know if it is true. I could also imagine that something that smells so strong that every human in 10 meter distance notice will be noticed and hand searched....and maybe rejected at the check in.

[sniggie]

On 5/10/2023 at 7:50 AM, ChipButty said:

No shortage of dogs here in Thailand 

Ambiguous!  Are you talking about your local soi or Walking Street post-Covid?