Sniffing has been taken to a new level by Todd, a police sniffer dog with five years experience. After searching an abandoned car in a field for drugs he became ill and later died of a suspected amphetamine overdose. Perhaps because of the dog’s insatiable habit, police were unable to find any drugs on the scene, but the dogs handler, Roger Moore (truth really is stranger than fiction), is understandably upset. Without a hint of irony, Lancashire Police told reporters that Spaniel sniffer dogs tend to be “quite daft, but very very very keen”.

The BBC reported it, it must be true!