No, not an April Fool, but in news that will surprise exactly no-one - sniffer dogs at Manchester Airport are reported to have been detecting "cheese and sausages" rather than drugs. 8)
TravelMole wrote:The report by the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration said the sniffer dogs had failed to find any Class A drugs in a seven-month period and questioned the return on investment, with £1.25m spent on new kennels and operating the six-dog unit.
And it added that one of the sniffer dogs, which was trained to find animal products, had detected cheese and sausages wrongly brought back by holidaymakers.
The report said: "Heroin and cocaine were assessed as 'very high' priority within both air passengers and freight. Yet, according to the data provided by Border Force, the dogs had made no Class A drugs detections in the period November 2014 to June 2015.
"When deployed, the POAO dog made multiple accurate detections, but most were of small amounts of cheese or sausages, wrongly brought back by returning British holidaymakers and posing minimal risk to UK public health."
You can read the full article here.
Always ensure you comply with regulations on the import of food from abroad and remember; the dogs know you have cheese, they will find it, and they will...