Croatia: Police Dog Johnny Sniffs Out Cocaine Worth $2.5 Million

Published on June 30, 2020

Croatian authorities seized on Saturday nearly 25 kilograms of cocaine after a police dog sniffed the drugs out during a routine traffic control near the southern coastal city of Ploče. The drugs have an estimated street value of HRK17 million (US$2.5 million), police said.

Croatian Police Crime Squad with sniffer dog Johnny and seized cocaine. (Photo: Dubrovnik County Police)
Officers stopped a 49-year-old Italian citizen during one of the traffic checks routinely conducted in areas close to the country’s borders. Ploče is about 15 kilometers away from the Bosnian border, although the suspect apparently did not come from there. Read More