Tobacco detection dog Boo was on hand to assist Trading Standards officers in searches of a number of shops in the area.
Four premises were visited as Operation CeCe Scotland, a joint initiative between Scottish Trading Standards Services and HMRC to tackle the illegal tobacco trade at the retail level.Boo was able to find illicit cigarettes that otherwise wouldn't be visible during a routine inspection with around 50,000 uncovered.
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"Boo is trained to sniff out tobacco that’s been purposefully hidden in locations which would not have been apparent during a routine inspection allowing officers to find potentially dangerous and harmful products.