K9 Lulu sniffs out meth user

KELLOGG – The Shoshone County Sheriff’s Office reports that a positive alert from one of their drug detection K9’s resulted in the arrest of a Smelterville man last Thursday.

On Oct. 24 at approximately 5 p.m., deputy Ben Abshire initiated a traffic stop on a 2002 Black Lincoln Sedan at the corner of Division St. and Cameron in Kellogg for a moving violation.

After making contact with the occupants, Abshire deployed his controlled substance detection dog, deputy Lulu, which resulted in her alerting to the vehicle. Upon further investigation, a search of the vehicle resulted in the discovery of a white powder substance that tested presumptive positive for methamphetamine.

The driver of the vehicle, Paul B. Flory, 49, was searched as well and was found to be in possession of a white powder substance that also tested presumptive positive for methamphetamine. As a result, Flory was taken into custody for possession of a schedule II controlled substance and the associated paraphernalia.

It’s been just over a year now since Abshire and Lulu got their Idaho State Certification and started officially working together.

The young and energetic Lulu was trained by Pacific Coast K-9 in Custer, Wash. It was there that she learned how to detect four major controlled substances: marijuana, cocaine, methamphetamine and MDMA (ecstasy).

Abshire and Lulu are one of two K9 units utilized by the SCSO.