Report: India Buys Elite Israeli Attack Dogs for PM Modi’s Security

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The Telegraph India reports: India has obtained elite sniffer and attack dogs from Israel to add teeth to the security of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, sources in the security establishment have told The Telegraph.

As fellow Special Protection Group protectees, Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi too would in principle be entitled to the crack canine cover, as will Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and her clan and former Prime Ministers and their families.

A senior security official said around 30 “attack dogs, bomb sniffers and chasers” had been imported from Jerusalem over the past one year. “The new four-legged recruits to the SPG are considered the best in the world in sniffing out explosive booby-traps,” the official said.

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