Retired K-9 Drago Passes Away

Drago passed away on Sunday from natural causes.

Drago was a yellow Lab born in Czechoslovakia in 1999. A year later he was paired with Deputy AJ Burdzy as part of a narcotics detection team assigned to the Erie County Holding Center.

Drago was responsible for numerous narcotics finds in the Erie County Holding Center and throughout the community; he also assisted many law enforcement agencies throughout New York State with narcotics detection.

Drago retired a few years ago.