Suspect takes off running after being told police horse ‘can smell drugs’
Narcotics-smelling horse makes suspect flee after police questioning
- Footage released by the Lubbock Police Department shows a suspect attempting to flee after an officer mentioned a narcotics-smelling police horse.
- Officers approached an individual deemed suspicious and asked to check his pockets for drugs, which he refused.
- Upon hearing about the police horse's ability to detect narcotics, the suspect fled the scene, with an officer pursuing him on horseback.
- Joseph Ramirez, 41, was subsequently arrested and charged with evading arrest and tampering with physical evidence with intent to impair.
- Watch the video in full above.