Former stray Wilson ‘mad to go to work every day’ as Garda sniffer dog

Springer spaniel found cache of cocaine worth €6,000 during one of his first deployments

Garda Pat Harrington with Wilson: 'He’s a real dinger of a dog. He’s just mad to go to work every day.' Pictures: Jim Coughlan

Meet Wilson, the rescue pup who has swapped pound life for a crime-fighting career with the gardaí.

And the lively springer spaniel, who was handed into the Cork City animal shelter as a stray almost four years ago, has already shown he has a real nose for the work after he found a cache of cocaine during one of his first deployments.