Drug and Explosive Detection Demonstration at the Royal Palace of Caserta

This morning at the Royal Palace of Caserta, canine units from the Carabinieri Corps of Sarno specialized in the search for drugs, weapons, and explosives, along with the Carabinieri's robotic dog unit, met with students from several classes of the Itis Francesco Giordani of Caserta. The Carabinieri, engaged in the usual security services carried out at nationally significant artistic and cultural sites, spent a few hours with the students, explaining the control and prevention activities carried out through the mentioned devices. With the participation of the young spectators, a simulated drug search was conducted, in which the drug was hidden in the backpack of a soldier in civilian clothes blended among the tourists. It took only a few moments for the dog “Luna” to identify the fake “pusher” by signaling to its handler the presence of the drug. A similar scenario allowed the dog “Pilar” to sniff out explosives placed, for the purpose, near a parked car. The presence of the robotic units “Saetta” and “Remi” aroused particular curiosity and amazement among the students and the thousands of tourists present at the Palace. In particular, the robotic dog “Saetta” and its handler interacted with the attendees, accompanying them to the upper vestibule of the Royal Palace, naturally tackling the numerous steps of the royal staircase. The control service carried out by the Carabinieri anti-sabotage units from the Operative Departments of Caserta and Rome, also through the use of the tracked robot “Remi”, then continued in a section of the royal gardens.