Since yesterday, it's been a dog's world in Rains County. The sheriff's department welcomed Indiana, a three-year-old black Labrador retriever, to the department as a law enforcement service animal. Indiana has been trained to search buildings, vehicles and open areas for four narcotics - marijuana, methamphetamine, heroin and cocaine.

Rains County Deputy Sheriff Greg Stout said that the sheriff's department has seen the need for a canine unit in this county for a long time and ultimately contacted Van Zandt Deputy Sheriff Jackie Buccafurno. She is the dog handler for that county and picked up Indiana from Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio. Stout added, "I've had him at my house for about four months."

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