Türkiye’s specifically skilled canine named Nobel secured first place in a three-day worldwide competitors that includes 10 sniffer canine from completely different nations within the capital Ankara Thursday.
The occasion was organized to develop nationwide and worldwide cooperation in combating smuggling.
The International Narcotic Detector Dogs Championship was organized by the Ministry of Commerce and the General Directorate of Customs Enforcement to develop nationwide and worldwide cooperation within the struggle towards smuggling and to share information and expertise on the Ministry of Commerce Dog Training Center.
Participating nations included Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Hungary, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Uzbekistan and the host nation, Türkiye. The canine collaborating within the competitors exhibited their expertise in 4 completely different levels together with “box search,” “room search,” “vehicle search” and “obedience” degree. With 387.3 factors, Türkiye embraced the successful trophy adopted by Hungary with 370.2 factors and Moldova with 327.5 factors.
Rıza Tuna Turagay, deputy minister of commerce, stated: “With the help of these sniffer dogs, last year, 14.2 tons of drugs were seized. Our dog training center trains local and foreign dog breeds in various fields such as narcotics, explosives-weapons-ammunition, tea and tobacco, humans, cash and security, focusing on advancing technology in dog training. At the moment we have 224 dogs in 55 customs administrations.”
Emphasizing the significance of this competitors, Turagay stated: “We will continue to hold these championships as a tradition and will encourage more participation to ensure cooperation between the winning countries and the institutions in the fight against smuggling.”
Viktor Matis, the ambassador of Hungary to Ankara, expressed gratitude to the Turkish folks, saying: “Our brothers have hosted us very nicely. We really feel honored to be right here. He added that there are Turkish forces mobilized on the borders with Serbia, Hungary and Romania. Perhaps sending sniffer canine as nicely can be useful.
Source: www.dailysabah.com
