Reuters: Oddly Enough: Ratting out criminals, Dutch style

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Ratting out criminals, Dutch style Sep 5th 2013, 15:15 AMSTERDAM | Thu Sep 5, 2013 11:15am EDT AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Ten brown rats have been recruited by Dutch police to help forensic firearms experts sniff out gunshot residue. The rats have a highly developed sense of smell, and are easier and cheaper to train than dogs, said force spokesman Ed Kraszewski on Thursday. "If we have a suspect, the forensic expert takes the residue from the hands and the rats can tell in a few seconds if it's from a gun," he told Reuters. Officers place the sample behind one of a number of holes in a box. When the rat scratches at the right hole, the experts send the residue off for a final check in a lab, he added. Rats are already used in some countries to sniff for landmines.

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