Framed: Dog detects marijuana in artworks
Eye-catching as the paintings might have been, it was their frames that caught the nose of a U.S. Customs drug-sniffing dog on the Mexico-Arizona border.
Federal officials say a man was taken into custody Friday after Customs and Border Protection officers found 90 pounds of marijuana hidden in the frames of six large paintings in his vehicle.
Officers selected the man’s vehicle for a routine inspection Friday at the border crossing in Douglas, Ariz., and their dog alerted to the paintings. An X-ray revealed the marijuana in the frames.
The man was being held pending the filing of charges, according to an Associated Press report.
The agency says the paintings were professionally done and the frames were nicely constructed.
Posted by jwoestendiek April 6th, 2009 under Muttsblog.
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