A police sniffer dog has been moved from her post after one of Colombia's biggest drug gangs put a bounty on her head.
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Sombra, which means Shadow in English, has sniffed out record amounts of illegal drugs in the Urabá region, which traffickers use to access the sea.
Earlier this year she found 10 tonnes of the Urabeños cocaine, and now they want her dead.
According to Colombian police intelligence, the gang has offered the equivalent of $100,000 to anyone who kills her.
As a result she has been moved to work in an airport in a new area outside of the gang's influence, and will be accompanied by extra officers according to The Telegraph.
Sombra's work has led to 245 arrests over the past few years.
"The fact they want to hurt Sombra and offer such a high reward for her capture or death shows the impact she's had on their profits," a Colombia police spokesperson said.
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