Buster may have drug problem licked

WHEN it comes to drug detection, this guy’s got the problem solved. The clever canine is part of a new crack unit of sniffer dogs introduced yesterday by customs officers at Dublin Airport to help weed out drugs being smuggled into the country.

At a simulated customs check yesterday, Buster was lapping up the attention and showed he was more than up to the task. He was able to sniff out the only person out of 12 passengers carrying drugs. Job done, the black labrador sat back on his haunches and got a tennis ball as a reward.

“They associate the tennis ball with trying to find the drug scent. They know they don’t get the tennis ball until they get the scent,” said the handler, who could not be identified for security reasons.