On August 20, 2021, customs canine teams completed training in the Department for Specialized Training and Canine Services of the State Customs Service of Ukraine. This time the graduates were 6 canine teams, namely from Odesa, Volyn, Lviv, Kharkiv and Chernivtsi Customs, who in the period from 9 to 20 August 2021 underwent the full-time special training course on search for narcotics, psychotropic substances, tobacco products , weapons and ammunition.

This course made it possible to increase the level of theoretical training of dog handlers, as well as practical skills and abilities of sniffer dogs to search for objects and substances hidden from customs control.

At the same time, canine team of Lviv Customs was trained in additional specialization on search for weapons and ammunition and canine team of Odesa Customs was trained on search for tobacco products.

According to the results of the final exam the canine teams of Odesa Customs (Serhii Krusian with a sniffer dog Marcel) got an excellent mark, the rest of the canine teams demonstrated practical and theoretical skills and received a good mark for the assessment. All dog handlers received the appropriate certificates.