Heizhuang

Fifteen police dogs were awarded by the National Immigration Administration as the first batch of merit dogs and their trainers were given citation for merit class III, Xinhua reported.

These dogs helped seize drugs, hazardous materials and smuggled goods and contributed in the search of criminal suspects, becoming a crucial force to maintain border stability.

In the past five years, police dogs helped crack 780 cases, catch more than 2,600 criminal suspects, seize more than 340 kg of drugs and smuggled goods worth more than 33 million yuan.

Heizhuang is a Labrador retriever. It was assigned to Machuanzi border checkpoint in Jilin province in 2019.

In 2021, it performed well and won the third prize for individual competition and second prize for group competition in the first police dog contest organized by immigration authorities.