Customs officers of Belarus and Russia intend to develop the canine service
The customs authorities of Belarus and Russia consider it necessary to adopt the Union State program "Development of Cynological Services of the Customs Authorities of the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation". This was announced today to journalists, in response to a question from a BELTA correspondent, by the Chairman of the State Customs Committee of Belarus, Alexander Shpilevsky.
The essence of the problem is that Belarusian customs officers, despite having a good existing cynological school, do not have their own service dog breeding center, although the need for using dogs in the work of customs authorities is great, explained the head of the department.
In turn, the head of the Federal Customs Service of Russia, Andrey Belyaninov, noted that in Russia, customs officers pay great attention to joint work with cynologists. "Dogs show very effective performance, and we would like our Belarusian colleagues, who are leaders in many areas of customs development, to also have a good cynological center," he added.
Customs authorities of Russia have several cynological centers. Most often, German Shepherds, Spaniels, Labradors, and Belgian Shepherds are "recruited" for service. Russian cynologists train dogs to search for drugs and explosives, while in Israel, dogs can also find hidden cash banknotes, said Andrey Belyaninov.
Meetings of the joint collegium of customs services of the Customs Union member states and the collegium of the Customs Committee of the Union State were held today in Novopolotsk.