GUIDELINES TO CONDUCT NARCOTICS TEST
Cocaine, charas, opium, morphine, LSD, brown sugar, heroin or similar type, psychotropic drugs will be used for test. Minimum quantity of the narcotic 100 grams.

(a) Obedience Test
This includes heel free sit up and come. Dog to walk on left side of handler. Heel free consisting of left about and right about turns, fast, medium and slow walks to be done. Dog lagging behind or moving in front to be penalized 5 points. Dog will sit at every command of halt. One word of command for each work will be given for sit, up and come. Every extra command or signal of handler to be penalized 5 points.

(b) Refusing Food from Strangers
This exercise may be done at any time during the course of test.
Raw meat, liver, biscuit or anything that could tempt the dog to be tried. Water in a bowl may also be used:

(c) Building Search
Area 2-3 roomed house. Two articles will be hidden. The articles hidden should not be at a place beyond the reach of dogs. In case the articles are to be hidden at a height, it should not be placed beyond a height of 5 feet. It is preferable that the room to be searched has things which are normally kept in a house or office in daily life. Maximum search time will be 10 minutes per room.

(d) Vehicle Search
Buses, trucks, tractors, light vehicles and two wheelers can be used to hide the articles. In case of bus and truck, a single vehicle is to be kept for searching. If 2 wheeler vehicles are used, atleast five two wheelers should be used.
First the dog will search the outer side of the vehicle, and after ensuring that nothing is hidden outside, the dog will enter into the vehicle and search inside. Maximum search time will be 15 minutes for heavy vehicle, to minutes for light vehicle and 5 minutes for two wheeler.


(e) Luggage Search
(f) Luggage used can be suitcases, bedding, handbags, cartons and similar items. A maximum of 10 such items can be used as luggage. However, the article can only be hidden only in two items.
I Maximum search time will be 10 minutes.
I I I Area to be searched is 30' x 30'.
Only two packets containing articles will be used. These will be buried at a minimum 3 Inches Depth and maximum 6 Inches Depth.

Ground search
(a) (b) Area to be searched will be marked by red flags and shown to the handler. The handler will fix the harness, stand at the place near the ground indicated by the judge. After getting orders from the Judge he will order his dog, 'Go find'. After locating the item the dog will indicate it by sitting or barking or pawing or mouthing.
Maximum search time will be 15 minutes.

(9) Human Body Search
At least 10 persons are to be used for this exercise. Out of these persons, articles will be given to one person only. They will stand in any formation at a distance of three feet apart and on getting 'Go' signal from the judge, the dog will sniff the persons one by one and indicate the article by sitting or barking or mouthing or pawing possessed by the person. Maximum search time will be 10 minutes.

NOTES FOR JUDGES FOR NARCOTICS TEST
1. Dog should, willingly go ahead of his handler on word of command
'Go'
2. On detection of narcotics, the dog should indicate it by sitting or barking or mouthing or pawing.
3. Wrong indication of the articles will be penalized by deducting 10 points.
4. Articles will be hidden at teast one hour before the commencement of search in each case to ensure availability of scent in its surrounding areas.
5. Any effort on the part the handler to lead the dog to the place of hiding of the articles will be negatively marked, by imposing a penalty or 05 marks.
6. The Judge will also take into consideration the attitude of handler while awarding marks. The following actions of the handler will in particular be noticed and marks awaited for each e.g. attitude of handler of making use of the wind directions by the handler exerting incline if the movement of the dog and action to control the dog.
7. In case of vehicles, if the handler goes inside the vehicle without clearing it from outside, the act is to be negatively marked and 5 marks deducted
8. If articles are to be changed for the next exhibitor, ground, vehicle, room should also be changed, because where earlier items were hidden, traces of scent will remain and the dog will indicate them.

9. In case of man search, the persons hiding the article should be changed preferably but the fresh man should have had the article in his possession atleast one hour in advance. It is advisable to keep atleast 5 persons ready with articles before starting the test, so that they can be changed easily.