In this photo taken Wednesday March 2, 2016 at Tanzania’s Dar es
Salaam Port, Handler from Tanzania Police Force leads the trained canine
from the U.S Customs and Border Protection (CBE), as the Canine sniffs
illegal items from one of these boxes during the handing over ceremony
of four canines trained at CBE’s world class facility in El Paso Texas
in the U.S. The U.S Government through it’s Embassy in Dar es Salaam has
equipped police working at Julius Nyerere International Airport and the
Port of Dar es Salaam with capability to detect a variety of illegally
trafficked items, including wildlife products and drugs. U.S Embassy
Deputy Chief of Mission, Virginia Blaser has Said. (PHOTOS; K-VIS
MEDIA/Khalfan Said).
The bravery canine snatch a suspected illegal item
Canines line-up with their handlers, during the parade
U.S deputy chief of mission in Tanzania, Virginia Blaser, makes her remarks during the event .
BY K-VIS MEDIA/Khalfan Said
THE U.S Government through it’s Embassy in Dar es Salaam has
equipped police working at Julius Nyerere International Airport and the
Port of Dar es Salaam with capability to detect a variety of illegally
trafficked items, including wildlife products and drugs.
Presenting four canines at a ceremony held at Dar es Salaam Port,
Wednesday March 2, 2016. U.S Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission, Virginia
Blaser, said, Wildlife and narcotics trafficking are serious crimes with
devastating consequences for Tanzania’s natural resource, economy, and
security, these are the rezones led to the U.S Government to support
Tanzania Government to curb the vice.
Four Police Officers, from Tanzania Police’s Dog and Horse Unit,
who were specially selected for the canine detection program Tanzania,
by the Office of the Inspector General of Police were trained together
with their canines and certified in 2015 at CBE’s world class facility
in El Paso, Texas in the U.S, said Blasser.
In February 2016, CBE trainers arrived in the country to conduct on-the-job training at the Airport and Port.
The Canine Detection Program is a model of what can be achieved
when partners work together, stopping the poaching crisis and illicit
narcotics trafficking requires everyone to contribute, she said.
In his part. The Minister for Tourism and Natural Resources,
Professor Jumanne Maghembe, who received the canines on behalf of the
government, thanks the U.S Government for their endeavor support.
He warned that, the country is facing serious threats on poaching
and other crimes, “This support came timely and we promised to use this
expertise to confront the hardcore criminals.
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