Local pedigreed dogs to detect explosives

Indika Polkotuwa

Police kennels will purchase a pack of 40 pedigreed dogs from local sources for training in explosives detection to bolster its capacity to counter acts of terrorism.

Chief Inspector Lal Seneviratne of the Police Kennels said this would help the country to save nearly Rs. 19 million in foreign exchange.

If they were to get down the dogs from abroad it would have cost nearly Rs. 20 million in foreign exchange. Among the pedigreed dogs they hoped to purchase were German Shepherds, Labradors and Dalmatians.