Training for Dog Handlers
The UNODC Programme Office in Turkmenistan and the Turkish International Cooperation and Development Agency (TIKA) organized three-month training on drugs identification for the dog handlers for the State Drug Control Service in June 2011. Training was organized in the framework of UNODC project "Strengthening border control along the Turkmen-Uzbek border, in particular at Farap checkpoint" and co-financed by the TIKA. Two sniffing dogs have also been purchased for the State Drug Control Service.