FAIL: Drug-Sniffing Dog

[D-Unit 39]

Wish they had a "roid-sniffing" dog test like this one....

Cannabis blunder at Tokyo airport

An unwitting passenger arriving at Japan's Narita airport has received 142g of cannabis after a customs test went awry, officials say.

A customs officer hid a package of the banned substance in a side pocket of a randomly chosen suitcase in order to test airport security.

Sniffer dogs failed to detect the cannabis and the officer could not remember which bag he had put it in.

Anyone finding the package has been asked to contact customs officials.

"This case was extremely regrettable. I would like to deeply apologise," said Narita International Airport's customs head Manpei Tanaka.

Strict laws

The customs officer conducted the test on a passenger's bag against regulations. Normally a training suitcase is used.

"I knew that using passengers' bags is prohibited, but I did it because I wanted to improve the sniffer dog's ability," the officer was quoted as saying.

"The dogs have always been able to find it before... I became overconfident that it would work," he said.

Japan has strict laws against drugs and possession of small amounts of cannabis can lead to a prison sentence.

[Oki-Des]

I love this story! One day when I was in Japan I saw on the news some fisherman started hauling out trash bags full of heroin just off the coast. I think it ended up being more than 100 million dollars worth; after it was all recovered, but I cant remember exactly. I could not help to laugh at the guys that were responsible for finding it before sun up that morning. I think they could make a movie about how crazy their day must have been hiding from the people that were most certainly going to try and kill them.