A Mexican police dog looks at the camera during a December 7, 2016 ceremony in Mexico City where nine police dogs were retired after eight years in service.
For the first time, the dogs, who were working in special operations against drug trafficking and in security during official events, will be adopted by civilians, to spend the last years of their lives as family pets. / AFP / OMAR TORRES (Photo credit should read OMAR TORRES/AFP/Getty Images)
A Spanish police dog helped firefighters rescued a migrant who’d become trapped inside industrial tubing in Spain’s north African enclave of Melilla on May 17.
The migrant is an Algerian in his 30s. He had stowed away in a pipe on the back of a truck waiting to embark at the port, local media reported.
The man was shaken but didn’t require any medical attention beyond first aid at the scene.
The pipe was only 15.7 inches (40 cm) wide Melilla 89.6 FM reported, on its Facebook page.
The dog’s name is Tango. He has sniffed out 1,700 migrants during his eight-year service.
“Ovation to our little Tango,” Spanish police wrote on their Twitter account.
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