Drug-Sniffing Dog Doesn’t Wait for Demonstration, Nabs Suspect on Street

A drug-sniffing dog on its way to a school anti-drug demonstration nosed out a bag of marijuana, leading to the arrest of a man across the street from the school, police said Friday.

Claiborne County Sheriff George Malone said he wants to buy a dog to combat drugs and arranged for Charlie, a German shepherd from the Scott County Sheriff’s Department, to show his stuff.

The dog was brought to Claiborne County High School for an anti-drug program earlier this month, but as officers led him toward the school they noticed two men in a car across the street and decided to question them, Malone said.

“The officer asked them if they’d care if the dog sniffed their car and they said no,” Malone said.

The dog sniffed out a small bag of marijuana in a man’s right hip pocket, he said. The 28-year-old man was charged with possession of less than one ounce of marijuana, Malone said.