Man’s best friend is also best friend of security personnel
Railway security personnel in Madurai successfully apprehended a man smuggling 20.5 kg of ganja thanks to the assistance of a trained sniffer dog named Eric. The incident underscores the vital role of canine units in detecting contraband within crowded transit hubs.
Why it matters
The use of specialized canine units enhances security efficiency in public transport, where manual inspection of all passengers is logistically impossible.
A posse of Railway Protection Force and Government Railway Police personnel were on Platform No 5 on Wednesday night of Madurai junction.
The security personnel were involved in a massive combing operation on the platform. Just then, Chandigarh-Madurai Express train had chugged into the junction.
The team had set their eyes on the general second class coach on the front portion of the rake, looking for anti-social elements in the train and among the hundreds of passengers who had alighted on the platform.
The security personnel found one particular man moving in a suspicious manner. He was pulling a trolley and carrying a shoulder bag on the platform.
Just as the security personnel tried to approach him for an enquiry, the RPF sniffer dog Eric gave enough hints to the security personnel immediately after sniffing his belongings.
A man from Srikakulam in Andhra Pradesh was rounded up.
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