Drug Sniffing Dog Makes Steroid Bust at Mexican Border

[Millard]

A drug sniffing dog was apparently responsible for a steroid bust at the Mexican border in El Paso on December 12, 2008. A United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer stopped a 2002 Chevrolet Trailblazer at the primary border inspection booth on the Paso del Norte Bridge in El Paso*after the driver appeared unusually [...]

Drug Sniffing Dog Makes Steroid Bust at Mexican Border - MESO-Rx

A drug sniffing dog was apparently responsible for a steroid bust at the Mexican border in El Paso on December 12, 2008. A United States Customs and

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[BROOKLYN PLUMBER]

Hey Millard you think the stash of gear under the glove box came in contact with Maryjane or are those dog now hitting on test that's bottled boxed and plastic wrapped up ? this is a great thread for those who are going to attempt to smuggle gear across. Make's you think twice and hard !

 

[Millard]

Hey Millard you think the stash of gear under the glove box came in contact with Maryjane or are those dog now hitting on test that's bottled boxed and plastic wrapped up ? this is a great thread for those who are going to attempt to smuggle gear across. Make's you think twice and hard !

Dogs can be trained to detect practically anything. It is expensive to train a dog for drug detection so historically there has been very little incentive for law enforcement to waste significant funds on steroid detection. But now that penalties/prosecutions for steroids have escalated in recent years, I wouldn't be surprised if there are certified steroid dog sniffers.

The short answer is that it is possible that the sniffer dogs hit on steroids; if any place had certified steroid sniffing canines, it would be border crossings.

But I think it could have very well hit on some other contraband that either came in contact with the steroids as you suggest or had been smuggled in the secret compartment on a previous occasion.

Unfortunately for the steroid smuggler, it wouldn't matter if the dog wasn't trained to detect steroids anyway...

See United States v. Allen, 990 F.2d at 671 n.1 (the fact that the dog hit upon a package which contained a substance which he was not trained to find is irrelevant in determining probable cause); United States v. Trayer, 898 F.2d 805, 808 (D.C. Cir.), cert. denied, 498 U.S. 839 (1990) (a deviation of a drug dog from its training is not necessarily detrimental to its being relied upon to determine probable cause).

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[BROOKLYN PLUMBER]

Need to get me one of those dog's . sniff me up a couple of new source's ! lol