Samut Prakan, May 8 - Customs Department Set up a training center for sniffing dogs Close the smuggling of illegal goods in many forms.

Pachara Anantasin, Director General of the Customs Department presided over the auspicious ceremony Dog Training Center Building for Customs, Bang Phli District, Samut Prakan Province story from present There is smuggling, importing, exporting and passing drugs through customs channels such as cars, trains, ships, aircraft and postal parcels. The Customs Department has seized various types of narcotics such as heroin, methamphetamine, ketamine, and others, increasingly hidden in goods exported to foreign countries. stuck has changed the form of hiding a variety of drugs and more complex making it difficult to detect Although the Customs Department uses modern technology to assist in its operations, there are still limitations.

The Customs Department therefore seeks measures and tools to increase the efficiency of drug interception more effectively. Therefore bringing dogs to work in investigation and suppression illegal search both drugs and precursors to drug production to raise Thailand's customs standards to be more international, recognized as helping to reduce the gap in complex inspections of various narcotic substances, and raised such issues as the WCO Global Canine Forum to exchange information In countries where customs authorities have established dog training units, such as the United States, Japan, South Korea, Australia, there are standards for bringing dogs to work.

According to a study visit to the Canine Training Center of foreign customs, it was found that many countries brought sniffer dogs to participate in the prevention and suppression work. Smuggling or avoiding illegal items Provide effective performance and many countries are ready to cooperate. especially South Korean customs gave two Labrador Retriever drug detection dogs to the Customs Department on April 27, 2023, and two Thai customs officers are currently undergoing operational training. Together with the dogs that have been given at KCS Detector Dog Training Center, Incheon, Republic of Korea

Currently, the Customs Department has built a dog training center for customs, located in Nong Prue Subdistrict, Bang Phli District, Samut Prakan Province. to support the dogs that are coming to Thailand With an area of approximately 2 rai 3 ngan, divided into a one-story office building, a one-story indoor dog shelter and training area, and a courtyard for outdoor training, the construction is expected to be completed by the end of June 2023. and will be able to fully operate in August 2023. The Customs Department believes will help promote and increase the efficiency of intercepting drug smuggling .-Thai News Agency

Source: Thai News Agency