Danish police fly extra forces to Greenland ahead of Usha Vance’s visit

Usha Vance attends a campaign rally in North Carolina (Allison Joyce/AP)

Danish police sent extra personnel and sniffer dogs to Greenland as the icy island steps up security measures ahead of a planned visit this week by US second lady Usha Vance, the chief spokesman for Denmark’s national police said.

Rene Gyldensten said on Monday that the extra officers deployed the day before, were part of regular steps taken during visits by dignitaries to Greenland, a self-governing, mineral-rich territory of American ally Denmark.