OPINION BY JOHNSON, J:
¶ 1 This appeal poses the question of whether the failure of a trained drug detection dog to alert to the presence of cocaine in a suspect's luggage vitiates probable cause to conduct a physical search of that luggage when multiple tips and the suspect's own conduct suggest that he is transporting illegal drugs. In view of the potential for error by either canine or handler, we conclude that a drug dog's response, by itself, does not negate...
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