Thread: Sniffer dogs hit streets of Surfers - Courier Mail

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TEAMS from the Brisbane Dog Squad have swooped on Surfers Paradise as part of a new operation to stamp out drugs in the nightclub strip.
In a first-ever for Surfers Paradise, sniffer dogs took to the streets around Orchid Avenue and Cavill Avenue, the Gold Coast’s top nightclub district, in the early hours of this morning with immediate success, as about a dozen revellers were stopped and taken to Surfers Paradise police station on suspicion of being in possession of drugs.

The labrador police companions are trained to detect the presence of a number of illicit drugs.

Police said this morning’s swoop was just the beginning of an on-going operation which will aim to weed out drugs in Surfers Paradise.

While it was the first time the dog squad has been used in the nightclub hub, they have been deployed at special events on the Coast, such as music festivals, in the past...


Sniffer dogs hit streets of Surfers Paradise to stamp out drugs | Courier Mail