Police: Drug dog finds 9 pounds of meth in St. Paul yard

2888964+2policedog_0.jpg — K-9 Officer Pat Murphy gives his partner Sarik a break to play fetch, at a small (unnamed) park near St. Paul's Holman Field, Wednesday, August 10, 2016. (Pioneer Press: Scott Takushi)

By St. Paul Pioneer Press

October 12, 2016 at 7:34 PM

ST. PAUL - A St. Paul police dog found nearly nine pounds of methamphetamine buried beneath some flowers on the property of a St. Paul home.

Two people were charged Tuesday with possessing the drugs and the intent to sell them.

Raul Mejia-Lopez, 40, and Adriana Aguilar Gonzalez, 27, each face two first-degree drug charges, filed in Ramsey County District Court: one count of possessing more than 50 grams methamphetamine and another of possessing more than 17 grams of meth with the intent to sell.

Police were searching the property of a home, where "a large shipment" of meth was expected, when a police dog named Sarik indicated that drugs were buried between the house and garage, according to the criminal complaint.

Sarik is the same St. Paul police dog who helped a lost three-year-old boy find his way home in August.

Police: Drug dog finds 9 pounds of meth in St. Paul yard

ST. PAUL -- A St. Paul police dog found nearly nine pounds of methamphetamine buried beneath some flowers on the property of a St. Paul home. Two people were charged Tuesday with possessing the drugs and the intent to sell them. Raul Mejia-Lopez,...