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Weapons hidden in a vacuum cleaner, frozen amphetamines and narcotics hidden in coffee capsules. These are some of the finds that the search dog Loki sniffed out. Now he is named the year’s drug detection dog.
“Loki is very energetic and it doesn’t matter if it’s early in the morning or in the middle of the night. He always shows up and always wants to apply and work, that is his main characteristic,” says dog handler Erik Furmark in a press release from the Swedish Kennel Club.
Male Labrador retriever Loki is being rewarded for his remarkable ability to find weapons and drugs despite “ambitious attempts” to prevent detection, according to the jury’s reasoning.
During one year, September 1, 2021–August 31, 2022, Loki and his driver Erik Furmark made a total of 111 seizures in their work for customs at the Swedish-Finnish border in Haparanda. This corresponds to approximately SEK 5.2 million in social benefits, according to the press release.
The funniest seizure so far is, according to Erik Furmark, when Loki accidentally sniffed out a cannabis cultivation in the middle of the forest in Haparanda municipality, when they were there on another matter.
The award is given to recognize customs dogs who work to search for narcotics. The winning dog receives a bow, a leg, a dog bed and dog food corresponding to six months’ consumption. The dog handler may receive a travel grant to the value of SEK 20,000.