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Police K-9’s bark helps catch multiple suspects in Louisiana

Thibodaux Police Department

THIBODAUX, La. (BRPROUD) – A K-9 with the Thibodaux Police Department is receiving attention after helping apprehend seven suspects over the weekend.

Around 11 p.m. on Sunday, September 27, officers were asked to investigate “a report of subject’s entering an unoccupied building in the 600 Block of East 1st Street.”


Officers confirmed that multiple suspects entered the building through unsecured windows.

From there, one juvenile and six adults were taken into custody with the help of a police K-9’s bark command.

The seven suspects and their charges are listed are listed below:

After the apprehension of the suspects, “a K-9 search was conducted on the suspect’s vehicles, which rendered a positive alert to the odor of narcotics,” according to the Thibodaux Police Department.

A search was made of one of the vehicles and 26 grams of suspected marijuana were located after the owner of the vehicle confirmed narcotics were inside.