A TALENTED police dog helped officers sniff out drugs in the Wrexham area.

The Alliance Police Dogs unit is a collaboration between North Wales Police and Cheshire Constabulary to provide General Purpose, Firearms Support and Specialist Search Dogs.

These furry friends support officers' ranging policing activities – from tackling serious and organised crime to helping bring vulnerable people back to a place of safety.

Specialist search dogs within the unit, which has over 40 dogs, are also trained to detect firearms, ammunition, cash and drugs.

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And one of the canines was on hand (or should that be paw?!) to help officers in Wrexham over the weekend. 

A statement from the dog unit praised Sprocker Polly for her work to locate controlled drugs in a drawer.

It read: "PD Polly was on hand to assist her colleagues in Wrexham Rural at a search warrant locating controlled drugs hidden in a draw #Sprocker #GreenTeam #Rota1."