LOS ANGELES, CA — Six months into the job, a Los Angeles Police Department rookie made a bust that would generate headlines and make him an instant legend. His name? Just Bosco.
The two-year-old Dutch shepherd found a trove of narcotics and guns hidden inside a vending machine during a recent raid at an undisclosed location in Los Angeles.
“Let’s just say there was more than coke in that vending machine,” said Los Angeles Police Department Capt. Lillian Carranza.
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A lot more.
Hidden in plain sight in a nondescript vending machine were several handguns, pistols and an assault rifle along with 15 pounds of heroin, and a kilogram of fentanyl — enough to kill hundreds of thousands of people, according to federal authorities.
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“This is not something we come across all the time,” Carranza said.
Ventura County Sheriff’s Department deputies were serving a search warrant in Los Angeles and asked for assistance from a K9 unit, she explained.
Bosco was the right dog for the job.
“He has quite the personality. Every time you pull him out of the car, he’s eager and happy to go to work,” Carranza said.
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Bosco specializes in narcotics detection, and it didn’t time him long to figure out the vending machine didn’t smell right.
“I love to say the nose knows,” Carranza said.
“What made it so exciting is that Bosco is relatively new to the job, and he’s so successful,” Carranza added. “He is incredible at his job.”
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