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Chino prison K9s trained to search for cell phones

In 2014 alone, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation confiscated more than 10,000 phones from its facilities

By Leticia Juarez
ABC News

CHINO, Calif. — California prison officials are turning to specially-trained dogs to track down cellphones hidden by inmates. The California Institute for Men in Chino is one of those prisons.

Tobacco and drugs are easy for the dogs to detect, but it’s cellphones they’re after.

“You can smell tobacco, you can smell marijuana. We can smell it, and you know what they are actually sniffing for. With a cell phone I really couldn’t tell you. They surprise me,” said K9 handler Sgt. Nelson.

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