A police drug-sniffing dog named Fako nosed his way to a heroin stash worth more than $6,000 concealed beneath the vinyl siding of a 4th Ward house on Friday afternoon, according to Capt. Troy Oswald.
Fako’s work also helped police find a loaded .22 caliber revolver and 10 bullets, which were hidden along with the drugs, Oswald said.
Authorities have not yet determined to whom the drugs belonged.
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“I’m sure it was somebody’s in the area, but no one is going to claim it,” Oswald said.
Fako and his handler, Officer Rafael Campos, had just finished helping narcotics detectives on another search on Hamilton – one that uncovered a smaller amount of heroin – when Campos noticed patrol cars parked outside the multi-family house at 200-204 Governor Street, Oswald said. The officers were checking on some suspicious people in the area, the captain said.
So Campos stopped and took the drug-sniffing dog for a stroll, Oswald said. Fako alerted his handler to something on the side on the house, the captain said. Behind the siding, police found 626 glassine packets of heroin, with the gun and bullets, he said.
At this point, police say they do not suspect the occupants of the house in connection with the drugs. They believe someone else was stashing the drugs behind the siding, Oswald said.
A police drug-sniffing dog named Fako nosed his way to a heroin stash worth more than $6,000 concealed beneath the vinyl siding of a 4th Ward house on Friday afternoon, according to Capt. Troy Oswald.
Fako’s work also helped police find a loaded .22 caliber revolver and 10 bullets, which were hidden along with the drugs, Oswald said.
Authorities have not yet determined to whom the drugs belonged.
“I’m sure it was somebody’s in the area, but no one is going to claim it,” Oswald said.
Fako and his handler, Officer Rafael Campos, had just finished helping narcotics detectives on another search on Hamilton – one that uncovered a smaller amount of heroin – when Campos noticed patrol cars parked outside the multi-family house at 200-204 Governor Street, Oswald said. The officers were checking on some suspicious people in the area, the captain said.
So Campos stopped and took the drug-sniffing dog for a stroll, Oswald said. Fako alerted his handler to something on the side on the house, the captain said. Behind the siding, police found 626 glassine packets of heroin, with the gun and bullets, he said.
At this point, police say they do not suspect the occupants of the house in connection with the drugs. They believe someone else was stashing the drugs behind the siding, Oswald said.
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