[NobleFree]

called in a drug dog who alerted on his car. There were no drugs, but the officers helped themselves to $500,000 in cash that he was carrying

Funny how that works - if a guy has a lot of cash, the dog "alerts" on his car even if no drugs are found.

[jiggyboy]

Funny how that works - if a guy has a lot of cash, the dog "alerts" on his car even if no drugs are found.

They didn't find the cash until after the "alert", which is what gives them so-called "probable cause" to search the vehicle.

Via either intentional fakery, or simply because the "training" is not legitimate, drug dogs almost always alert. A search for "probable cause on a leash" is enlightening.

[zeugma]

Funny how that works - if a guy has a lot of cash, the dog "alerts" on his car even if no drugs are found.

That is because brand new money coming directly from the federal reserve banks have drug residue (cocaine mostly) on them, because it is transferred by the counting machinery. If you have enough cash, a dog will alert on it. That's not considering the huge percentage of dogs that 'alert' because their handler wants them to.