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Bootleggers try to throw dogs off scent
Movie pirates are spraying chemicals on their bootleg DVDs to confuse two U.S.-loaned dogs that helped Malaysian authorities sniff out nearly 1 million illegal discs, an official said Monday. The two female Labradors have been trained to detect polycarbonate chemicals used in manufacturing discs. But officials received a tip that bootleggers are using chemical sprays to throw Lucky and Flo off the scent, said Fahmi Kassim, the Domestic Trade Ministry’s enforcement chief in southern Johor state. “The pirates are believed to be desperate because the dogs were so successful,” Fahmi told Ministry authorities last week said the dogs were moved to a safe house after a source informed… Read more »