SCRANTON -- A drug dog named Riggs helped in a bust last week in Lackawanna County.
Alkere Brown of Taylor was arrested at work following a tip from an informant.
Detectives with the Lackawanna County District Attorney's Office used the dog to search Brown's vehicle and home.
Investigators seized $7,000 in marijuana, $5,000 in heroin, and three guns--one of which was stolen.
Riggs is a black lab that works with detectives from the D.A.'s office.
Brown is locked up on drug charges.