Cocaine gang set a bounty on drug-sniffing German shepherd
Sombra is a drug-detection dog with the Colombian National Police who is apparently responsible for hundreds of arrests and the seizure of nine tons of drugs. As a result, drug traffickers the Urabenos have put a bounty out on Sombra. From the Washington Post:
Reports vary on the price tag for killing the dog, between 20 and 200 million Colombian pesos - or about $7,000 and $70,000 in U.S. currency. But the threat is serious enough for the National Police to take extra precautions for Sombra's security...
Sombra came to Colombian law enforcement from a kennel in Antioquia, the region of the country that's home to the city of Medellin, the springboard for Colombia's fearsome cartels of the 1980s and 1990s. Outfitted in a neon-yellow vest, the dog is tasked with thrusting her trained snout into luggage and packages in Colombia's ports and airports along the country's Gulf Coast....
In response to the bounty on Sombra's life, General Jorge Nieto, head of the national police, has ordered the dog transferred to Bogota's El Dorado International Airport, outside the Urabenos' territory on the coast.
Nuestro can "Sombra" fue la mejor durante los entrenamientos en deteccion de drogas ilicitas, en los iltimos tres anos se convirtio en el tormento de "Otoniel" incautandole 9 toneladas de cocaina #ConozcaMis a "Sombra" en el desfile #20DeJulio #COLOMBIAunasolaFuerza pic.twitter.com/a6tWpjkdiQ
- Policia Antinarcoticos (@PoliciaAntiNar) July 20, 2018