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90 percent of U.S. bills carry traces of cocaine (2009)

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Re: 90 percent of U.S. bills carry traces of cocaine (2009)

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Maybe this is the reason for the false positives from drug dogs ;)

Perhaps this is how they find large amounts of hidden cash, with the same drug dog?

Dogs can be trained to the scent of many items, some are trained to specifically smell for cash. The TSA black labs are designed to sniff out explosives and not drugs. Some dogs are even being trained to sniff out electronics.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-197623/Dogs-help-sni...

Re: 90 percent of U.S. bills carry traces of cocaine (2009)

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Perhaps this is how they find large amounts of hidden cash, with the same drug dog?

Dogs can be trained to the scent of many items, some are trained to specifically smell for cash. The TSA black labs are designed to sniff out explosives and not drugs. Some dogs are even being trained to sniff out electronics. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-197623/Dogs-help-sni...

It may be true, but the Daily Mail is definitely not a reputable news source.
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