DRUG DOGS CHECK KIDS

WORRIED parents are hiring sniffer dogs to find out if their children
are on drugs. Security firm Detect International K9 Support Services
has turned its attention to kids' bedrooms after the success of a
similar operation in schools.

Training and operations manager Robert Taylor said: "We get a lot of
requests from parents, sometimes after we have carried out a search of
their child's school, who want to find out if there are any drugs in
their bedroom."

The firm, based in Essex and Lancashire, has searched 211 houses
around the country and says demand for the 50 visits is growing.

Most of its 150 school searches have been done in Greater Manchester,
but Robert hopes the service will catch on nationwide.

He said the sniffer dogs act as a deterrent to pupils thinking of
bringing drugs to school. Robert added: "If drugs are there, we will
find them."