Colombian veterinarian who implanted heroin in puppies gets sentenced

A Colombian veterinarian who turned puppies into drug mules was sentenced Thursday to six years in prison, highlighting the lengths drug traffickers will go to transport their product. In a Brooklyn, N.Y., federal courtroom, Andres Lopez Elorez was sentenced on charges of conspiracy to import heroin. The case against him began in 2005 when he was busted after Colombian police raided his farm in Medellin, Colombia, and found 10 bags of liquid heroin implanted in nine dogs and another seven bags intended to be used in additional surgeries. The heroin was intended to be shipped to New York City.-- More....