Drug Seizure at Naples Poggioreale Prison: The Unmatched Nose of Spike

In the Naples Poggioreale Prison, during a search in one of the prison wings, in a detention room where six inmates were located, Spike, the drug-sniffing dog from the Avellino Anti-Drug Unit, sniffed out about 130 grams of drugs carefully hidden in three different spots, one in a deodorant, another in an intimate hygiene stick, and finally in an Easter cake. The Uspp made this known. "The method of concealment was of no use against Spike's infallible nose, such substance besides being well wrapped in cellophane and immersed in deodorants was also covered with coffee powder to disguise the smell," commented the president and the regional secretary of the union, Giuseppe Moretti and Ciro Auricchio. "The checks continued in the visiting area where a piece of substance, hashish, was found, probably left by relatives at the sight of the drug-sniffing dog A-Iron also from the Avellino Anti-Drug Unit. Congratulations for the brilliant operation," Moretti and Auricchio said, "both to the canine unit of Avellino and to the police officers of the visiting sector of the Poggioreale prison. Now the two dogs, Spike and A-Iron, have become a nightmare for dealers. A war is fought daily to thwart the continuous attempts to introduce drugs and cell phones into prisons thanks to the efforts made by the prison police personnel of the Poggioreale prison despite overcrowding and a chronic shortage of staff, it is still possible to maintain order and internal security," conclude the two unionists.