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RIP Barney, Washington State Drug Dog

BARNEY, courtesy Tacoma Police Department
BARNEY, courtesy Tacoma Police Department
Poor Barney. He was just doing his job, sniffing out drugs for the Tacoma Police Department, participating in what would become one of the city’s largest drug busts ever. Unfortunately, the Tacoma News Tribune is reporting that he accidentally sniffed some methamphetamine up his nose and has died. The 11-year old black lab had served with the department since 2010.
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