British airports spend millions of pounds training drug-sniffing dogs, but they only search for sausages

A British report stated that British airports spent nearly 1.25 million pounds this year to train a squad of airport drug-detection dogs. However, these drug-detection dogs did not search for drugs, but were only interested in sausages and cheese. These foodies can no longer suppress their nature.

Manchester Airport is one of the busiest airports in the UK. In order to prevent criminals from carrying prohibited items including drugs, cigarettes, cash and meat into and out of the country, six dogs have been specially trained to sniff out contraband from passenger luggage.

During training, sniffing out Class A drugs such as heroin and cocaine was listed as the top priority for these six dogs, and the trainers also focused on training them on this aspect. Of course, they each have their own specialties. For example, some dogs are very good at finding sausages.

 However, in the seven months from November 2014 to June 2015, these six "trained" dogs did not find any Class A drugs including heroin and cocaine. Instead, they seized 46 kilograms of cigarettes and 181 kilograms of meat.

The report also mentioned that a dog who specializes in discovering smuggled animal products has made "many accurate discoveries", but most of them were small amounts of cheese or sausages accidentally brought back by traveling British people.

The deterrent effect of these sniffer dogs is difficult to measure, but the return on investment of £1.25 million to build new kennels and run the entire unit is low, the report said.

Now, the airport management has begun to study how to better allocate the work of these dogs. Otherwise, it is difficult to imagine whether these dogs will unknowingly "leave trouble" to drug dealers.