Dog used as drug mule

Two men are under arrest after they allegedly used a Labrador as their drug mule, hiding more than US$1 million (NZ$1.42m) worth of heroin in the dog’s crate on a flight from Puerto Rico to New York. The shipment of 10 kilograms of heroin was seized as one of the defendants tried to wheel the crate out of the American Airlines cargo site at John F Kennedy Airport. Police said they found 10 bricks of heroin, each stamped with a Nike swoosh emblem. The dog is in the custody of the American SPCA.