The Province

Dog’s behaviour decides

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The police seizure of 27,500 fentanyl pills was ruled a violation of the accused’s Charter rights. The pills were found hidden in a wheel well, but the police apparently were too quick to rely on a detection dog’s “ambiguous behaviour” by sitting down. The judge concluded that admission of the drugs into evidence would bring the administra­tion of justice into disrepute — 27,500 fentanyl pills at a time when fentanyl is killing hundreds of B.C. residents a year and a judgment based in part because a dog sat down.

I would say it was this verdict that brought the administra­tion of justice into disrepute. Don Francis, West Vancouver

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