BELLEFONTAINE, Logan County — Authorities found a loaded gun and drugs during a traffic stop in Logan County on Thursday.
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Bellefontaine police said in a social media post that K9 Pyro helped detectives during the stop.
K9 Pyro was “deployed for a vehicle sniff” and alerted to a narcotic odor.
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Authorities then conducted a probable cause search of the car.
While looking inside the car, they found a loaded 9mm handgun, cocaine and a bulk amount of fentanyl, according to the post.
The department said this incident shows just how important K9s are to law enforcement agencies.
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