Human Scent Used To Find Illegal Pot Field

Published on August 28, 2019

The Liberty County Sheriff’s Office bloodhound team of Capt. Lonnie Bowman and K-9 Charlie typically use human scent to find missing persons or suspects evading capture. This time they used a suspect’s unique scent to locate his illegal grow field. The bloodhound team is 3 for 3 in trailing success since joining the LCSO K-9 Unit.

On Sunday, August 25, 2019, Liberty County Sheriff’s Office Deputies in Georgia received information about a possible illegal marijuana grow in the rural area of the county. The Liberty Narcotics Unit contacted Captain Lonnie Bowman and requested that he attempt to track the suspect’s trail back to the possible grow site.

After collecting odor from the suspect’s pants, the K-9 team followed a 30-hour old trail approximately 2 ½ miles to where several marijuana plants were located.

K-9 CHARLIE has been deployed on 3 real-world trails and been successful all 3 times. Liberty County Sheriff, Steve Sikes said ‘Charlie has been a benefit to our community”. Read More