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Joana Duabaubau is the first woman to become a Narcotic Detector Dog handler [Source: FBC News]
Senior Customs Officer Joana Duabaubau has graduated as the first female Narcotic Detector Dog handler in the Pacific.
She graduated along with another Senior Customs Officer Faraaz Khan from the New Zealand Police Dog Training Centre in Trentham, Wellington.
Duabaubau has thanked the FRCS for identifying her potential and entrusting her to the role of a dog handler.
Dog handling has mainly been a male-dominated profession.
Last October, the Fiji Detector Dog Unit held an open day for female officers from FRCS and the Fiji Police Force to seek their interest in becoming K-9 handlers….
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