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K-9 Stryker Sniffs Out Narcotics, Lewisville Police Department Seizes $1.2M In Meth

LEWISVILLE (CBSDFW.COM) - The Lewisville Police Department seized 595 pounds of methamphetamine worth more than $1.2 million in one of the largest drug busts in the department's history.

It is also the largest drug bust in the career of K-9 Stryker.

Lewisville Police Department K-9 Officer Pat Robey
Lewisville Police Department K-9 Officer Pat Robey and K-9 Stryker (credit: Lewisville Police Dept.)

At 3 p.m. on February 23, 2020 Lewisville Police Department K-9 Officer Pat Robey received a call to help another agency with an anonymous tip about a suspicious tractor trailer located near a major highway.

He deployed his K-9 partner Stryker to conduct a free air sniff of the tractor trailer and the dog alerted to the presence of narcotics.

They found the methamphetamine in a hidden compartment.

 

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