Officer Andre and his service dog Luna, a seasoned German Shepherd, had been an inseparable team for three years. At Otopeni Airport’s Terminal D, Luna’s instincts flared—her ears perked, and her tail stiffened as she fixated on a woman with a baby stroller. Sensing trouble, Andre approached. Luna, never wrong, sniffed the stroller and growled, ignoring Andre’s command to back off—a first in their partnership.
The woman, pale and trembling, demanded Luna be removed, but the dog pulled back the blanket, revealing no baby but a thermal bag with Russian and Chinese labels and biohazard symbols. The bag emitted a strange odor from shiny containers inside. Andre detained the woman, who tearfully claimed she was just a courier unaware of the contents. He alerted the antiterrorist team, and the area was locked down.
Specialists in hazmat gear seized the bag, later tracing its contents to an international trafficking ring smuggling banned biological materials from Asian labs to a covert European facility. These materials posed a catastrophic risk if released. Thanks to Luna’s sharp instincts, a potential disaster was averted, proving her invaluable role in protecting countless lives.
