Retired Police K9 Mourned by Beverly Hills P.D.<\/p>\n
A retired Beverly Hills police dog who assisted in the seizure of more than $1 million in drug money over his career was remembered fondly by his department Wednesday after his death earlier this week. Merlin, who was 16 years and 9 months old, was the longest-living Beverly Hills Police Department K-9, according to BHPD Lt. Elisabeth Albanese. He was also the department\u2019s first Belgian Malinois to be assigned and successfully used within the BHPD Canine Unit. Merlin served from 2005-2011. He \u201csuccessfully detected numerous large amounts of narcotics\u201d and \u201cassisted in the seizure of well over $1 million dollars of U.S. currency involved in the narcotics trade,\u201d Aolbanese said. Merlin was 16 years and 9 months old.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Retired Police K9 Mourned by Beverly Hills P.D. A retired Beverly Hills police dog who assisted in the seizure of more than $1 million in drug money over his career was remembered fondly by his department Wednesday after his death earlier this week. Merlin, who was 16 years and 9 months old, was the longest-living …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5339,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[10],"class_list":["post-5336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-k9memorial","tag-ca"],"yoast_head":"\n