St. Phatty
Active member
Smokey water is not a good way to hide shit. There are cases where dogs have smelled drugs through gasoline in gas tanks. Here is one.
https://www.kvoa.com/Global/story.asp?S=4437130
I would guess that the smugglers in the gas tank case used a non-surgical approach and didn't dot their i's and cross the t's.
Just think how little poison oak it takes to cause an allergic reaction. It's the urushiol molecule that causes the rash. You can touch something that has touched something that has touched poison oak, and get a rash. At that point you are down to so few urushiol molecules that you would need serious analytical instruments to find them.
The skin of an allergic person will also "indicate for" the presence of poison oak, in pico-gram amounts.
It is similar for the dog. I'm not saying it's nose gets itchy. I'm saying it has the ability to smell single molecules, or close to.
When you're up against a detector like that, you need a metal container, welded shut. Soaked in solvent (acetone) to remove ANY traces of anything, then soaked in another solvent (water) to remove most of the acetone. ( I may have the sequence of solvents wrong, but hopefully am describing the careful ness needed.)
Then placed in side ANOTHER metal container and welded shut. Then you might be OK.
And, a good way to pass these kinds of tests: get the same kind of detector the cops use, your own drug sniffing dog. It might even be cheaper to train your own than to buy one. (they don't sell them at police auctions. )