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Kanawha County law enforcement officers mourn loss of retired K-9 Djambo<\/p>\n
Kanawha County law enforcement officers are mourning the loss of a retired K-9 officer.K-9 Djambo served the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office for eight years prior to his 2022 retirement.”With great sadness, we say goodbye to our beloved Djambo as he crosses the rainbow bridge,” a news release from the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office said. “Our thoughts and prayers are with his handler and partner, Sgt. Lyons. Djambo was a loyal and dedicated deputy and will be greatly missed.”Sgt. C.D. Lyons began working with Djambo in 2014, kicking off a career that led to the discovery of 33 illegal firearms, more than $500,000 in drug seizures, more than $50,000 in currency and the apprehension of 20 suspects.The K-9 worked with every police department in the county, along with West Virginia State Police, the University of Charleston, West Virginia Yeager International Airport, the U.S. Postal Service and the FBI.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Handler – , Sgt. Lyons Kanawha County law enforcement officers mourn loss of retired K-9 Djambo Kanawha County law enforcement officers are mourning the loss of a retired K-9 officer.K-9 Djambo served the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office for eight years prior to his 2022 retirement.”With great sadness, we say goodbye to our beloved Djambo as …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16755,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[54],"class_list":["post-16753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-k9memorial","tag-wv"],"yoast_head":"\n