Maya will have avoided laborious searches for investigators who came to search an apartment in the rue du Bailli-de-Suffren, in the city of 3000, in Aulnay-sous-Bois (Seine-Saint-Denis) on January 28.
They knew they were looking for drugs, but they didn't know where she was hiding.
With her nose endowed with an unparalleled flair, their dog got straight to the point.
"She went directly to the laundry room and she marked in front of a plastic bag hidden under a shelf and did not move, says Antoine Brenner, her teacher.
Then she started to scratch the package.
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No ambiguity possible: Maya had sensed the jackpot.
Wrapped in cellophane were well protected 12.2 kg of cannabis resin.
Maya was entitled to her sausage, a little toy that she loves and which crowns her exploits.
She trains several times a week to detect illegal substances
Barely a month after his arrival in the municipal police of Aulnay-sous-Bois, this 3-year-old Belgian Malinois shepherd is already carving out a star status within the team.
22 kg featherweight, fawn dress, sharpened like a high level athlete, Maya is considered a full member of this unit which has no less than 80 police officers.
It is the most extensive in Ile-de-France.
"He's a police assistant, not a doggie to his grandmother," proudly emphasizes his master.
And she is particularly courted.
During the search of January 28 at 3000, she was participating in an operation led by the national police, which does not have four-legged animals in its ranks.
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It is true that the purchase of such an animal has a cost: "3000 euros with the training", specifies Loïc Le Roux, deputy general manager of services at the city of Aulnay.
Like a professional athlete, Maya trains several times a week to detect illicit substances.
Cannabis, cocaine or heroin, she is trained to identify these three substances.
When she is not working in the field, it is always with her owner that she tests her incomparable flair.
But not with a piece of hash, nor a can of cocaine.
“We train him with synthetic products that are specially made for that,” says his master.
Sitting next to him, Maya stands quietly, pricking up her ears.
"She combines a very developed flair, loyalty and obedience," says Antoine Brenner.
And she loves to work.
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Aulnay-sous-Bois, February 11, 2021. Barely a month after joining the municipal police, Maya is already carving out a star status within the team.
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On the other hand, it will not come to plant its fangs in the calves of the dealers.
“It's not a defense dog,” he says.
It was trained only for drug testing.
His thing is drug detection and nothing else.
When she's on a mission, “she's focused on her goal.
If someone screams, she won't be distracted.
Likewise, if there is a good piece of meat within reach, she will not devour it.
Maya lived her moment of glory with the discovery of 12.2 kg.
It was his first outing under the leadership of the national police.
This feat has already earned him the start of notoriety.
Not only in the police, but also in the cities of Aulnay, where the points of deal can be counted largely on the finger of both hands.
"There were 21 of them, they are now only twelve", indicates Séverine Maroun, the first deputy mayor.
It is not (yet) the Maya effect.
The elected representative details all the security system put in place by the municipality: the 420 cameras which will be 500 at the end of the year, the recruitment of 20 new police officers to reach a staff of 100 agents and an urban supervision center which mobilizes 22 police officers.
The elected representative does not hide that the fight against drug trafficking has become one of the priorities since the attacks on property have decreased.
“This dog is an essential asset,” she says.
This allows you to move up a gear and do a finer job than with humans and ultimately dry up the deal points.
Maya's career has only just begun.
"She can still work for ten years," confides her master, brooding her with an admiring eye.