He carefully took the teddy bear from the girl and led the dog to the service area. A minute later, an officer returned pale-faced with the X-ray scanner.

“Inside the toy are capsules containing a rare synthetic drug. Very expensive. And disguised so well that regular scanners don’t detect it.”

The mother collapsed into a chair. Her shoulders shook.

“It wasn’t us!” she shouted. “We… we didn’t know! We bought this bear yesterday from a woman with a cart on the street. The girl picked it herself!”