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MEXICO CITY - A top police sniffer dog working for an elite Mexican drug squad was stolen during an airport transfer by thieves who left a mixed-breed puppy in its place, the attorney-general's office said.
Authorities fear the dog, Rex IV, a highly trained Belgian Malinois sheepdog with a string of drug hauls behind him, may have been stolen by drug smugglers who would use him to help them find better ways to conceal drugs.
- Reuters
