Muskingum County Sheriff K9 Passed Away

ZANESVILLE, Ohio-A Muskingum County Sheriff K9 named “Narco” passed away on January 26th from an inoperable brain tumor. 

Narco was part of the narcotics division and went on patrol with his handler Sergeant Jeremy Archer. Sheriff Matt Lutz tells us a little more about Narco’s biggest accomplishment with the force. 

“There was an older gentleman that became a little confused and wandered off and was in the woods and was not in a good situation and was probably, probably could have ended up dying from that adventure because nobody knew where he was at and we had an idea from the information we had and Sergeant Archer and Narco did a track and was able able to get that guy to safety,” Lutz said.

Narco was also directly responsible for taking 35 firearms out of the possession of drug dealers. Narco was heavily trained to assist in many police matters. 

“They get certified every year. They have to go through a certification process, and he got certified in all the purposes that he did. They train on a regular basis and then he would have to go to a state certification where he would have to locate drugs, a certain amount of drugs in certain areas and then he would get trained on his other police stuff as far as tracking and article detection,” Lutz continued.

Narco will be remembered by the department as a dutiful and loyal companion.