Sandwell Council teams and West Midlands Police, supported by Cooper the sniffer dog from Pembrokeshire based Stuart Phillips K9, recently carried out a raid at a shop in West Bromwich.

Cooper helped Trading Standards Officers to identify illegal goods around the premises, including an electro-magnetic operated concealment underneath the counter and two secret panels behind a false wall. In total over £10,000 worth of illegal vapes and tobacco were seized. There was also intelligence that the energy supply to the property had been de-energised. National Grid was called out and it was established that the premises have not been paying for electricity. The power supply to the premises was immediately cut off.

Read more on the Sandwell Council news page, https://www.sandwell.gov.uk/news/article/332/sandwell-sniffs-out-illegal-goods-with-help-from-cooper-the-sniffer-dog