Drug-sniffing dog dies after cocaine encounter

[Skyline_GTR]

KESQ News Channel
5 November 2005

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Drug-sniffing dog dies in California after cocaine encounter

REDONDO BEACH, Calif. A memorial service is pending for Basko -- a five-year-old drug-sniffing German shepherd with the Redondo Beach Police Department.

Sergeant Jim Banach says Basko died today after he bit into a bag of cocaine during an annual certification search in Riverside County.

Basko had successfully completed the search and was in his partner's car for the ride home when he had a seizure. Banach says the partner, Officer Ken Greenleaf, rushed Basko to a nearby animal clinic, but the dog died before he could be treated.

Basko had been with the Police Department for four years, helping to apprehend suspects, including one wanted for murder, and assisting in the recovery of narcotics.

 

[EudoXia]

Damn, the title of this one should be "Five Year old dog has cocaine overdose"

 

[therollingstoner]

lol. He knew the risks when gettin in the game....

 

[tokey]

sweet irony--poor dog though, wasn't his fault

 

[Skyline_GTR]

Heh, it reminds me of Cheech and Chong - Up in Smoke, when Sergeant Stedenko's sniffer dog overdoses from sniffing the van made of cannabis

 

[Bigwhitecracka50]

yea fuckin cops, killin an innocent dog like that

 

[EudoXia]

yea cops are dog killers

yea that burns me up that cops kill innocent dogs to obtain controlled substances. i bet PETA would back me up on that.. lol

 

[on_the_rise_5]

I wonder if we can use this as a reason to rid the airports and customs houses of sniffer dos? putting n inncoent animal in harms way?? hmm, be a nice thought, unfortunantly i dont see it happening,

What would a gods reaction be to cocaine, if he didnt OD?

 

[snowshovel]

^ He would get jiggy with all the bitches, and maybe start a fight with some cat...

 

[AcidDreams]

Funny because SWIM lives very close to redondo

 

[euphoria]

That makes me so sad. Poor lil puppy!!!! awww....poor thing. He probably never wanted to be a drug dog anyway....

 

[sixpartseven]

Funny because SWIM lives very close to redondo

8) so did YOU read anything about it in YOUR local newspaper or see about it on tv?

 

[therollingstoner]

^ He would get jiggy with all the bitches, and maybe start a fight with some cat...

:D

 

[Rasclatt]

ha reminds me of that family guy episode where the dog becomes a sniffer dog and ends up getting addicted to coke, maybe not has funny tho

 

[Gary Gnu]

Not available for comment.

 

[l]evil]

that sucks, i wonder before he died in his head he was thinking "holy fuck, im so high"

 

[F-Minus]

And he only had one day till retirement

 

[ChemicalSmiles]

That fucking dog was high as a kite. He musts been tweekin.... poor dog. Fuck the poooolice

 

[E-llusion]

Just a matter of time before PETA sues cops on beahlf of all the drug addicted dogs, you'll see...

 

[EudoXia]

yea you know all those drug dogs are coke-fiends. They love that shit. This one accidentall ODed on the popo