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Dog to prevent phone smuggling
By www.fortmilltimes.com
Published: 10/03/2008

FLORIDA — A cell-phone sniffing dog will help combat the problem of phones being smuggled into state prisons. Department of Corrections spokeswoman Gretl Plessinger says Razor the dog is trained to smell cell phones and will report to duty in mid-November.

Plessinger says the phones that are smuggled into prisons help inmates with everything from dealing drugs to plotting escapes. A law took effect Wednesday making it illegal to smuggle the phones. Read more.

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