D Tuesday, November 3, 2009 METRO Whos a clever boy? Alfie awaits his reward in the war on drugs Picture: PA Sniffer dog Alfie nets a 55,000 cannabis haul Sniffer dog Alfie nosed out more than 50,000 worth of drugs being smuggled into ireland over the weekend, it was revealed yesterday. The canine detective, who patrols Waterford and Wexford with his kennel-mate Dillon, led his handlers to 4.64kg of herbal cannabis at rosslare harbour. The drugs with an estimated street value of 55,680 were hidden in eight packages stashed away in a car disembarking the ferry from france. A 30-year-old Polish man was arrested and handed over to garda in Wexford. The seizure was the latest success for Alfie, the five-year-old springer spaniel who has been working with Customs since 2007. in September, he sniffed out herbal cannabis with a street value of 20,000, also hidden in a car. Google aids river maps SCIENTISTS used Google Earth to map thousands of kilometres of river boundaries which were missing from records. The results were collected on a vast database which will be used to help solve international disputes. Researchers from Durham University created the International River Boundaries Database after they realised seven per cent of the worlds river boundaries were missing. It is now the most comprehensive collection of information concerning the lengths and definitions of river boundaries worldwide. Family terrorised by tiger raiders still feel the fearby conor gAllAgherTHe family of a Securicor worker held hostage in a tiger kidnapping continue to suffer anxiety and post-traumatic stress four years after the robbery, a garda told the Circuit Criminal Court yesterday. Three men convicted of carrying out the 2.28mil- lion raid four years ago face up to life in prison when their sentence is finalised next week. in March 2005, the gang, armed with an Uzi sub- machine gun, a revolver and a knife barged into Paul richardsons home and held him, his wife, Marie, and their two sons, Kevin, 15, and ian, 17, hostage. The gang took Polaroid pictures of the family, who were then taken to a Co Wicklow wood and tied up. Mr richardson went to work the next morning and showed colleagues the pictures as proof his family were in danger, before dropping off the money. A garda told a sentencing hearing yesterday Mr richardson was in a state of collapse after drop- ping off the money at theAnglers rest pub in Lucan and as he drove towards Mullingar waiting for the raiders to call to say his family were safe. Mr richardson says the old Paul is dead and feels particularly vulnerable when he hears of other tiger kidnappings in the media, the court heard. Christopher Corcoran, 61, of Bayside Boulevard north, Sutton; Mark farrelly, 37, of Moatview Court, Priorswood; and Jason Kavanagh, 34, of Parslickstown Court, Ladyswell, were found guilty in July after irelands longest criminal trial, which ran to 66 days and heard more than 200 witnesses. Two other accused will be retried. The mens defence yesterday made pleas in miti- gation for their clients, saying Corcoran and Kavan- agh are in ill health and will find prison difficult. index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html24.html25.html26.html27.html