“Open the bag,” the officer said shortly.

One of the policemen put on gloves and carefully broke the seal.

When the suitcase finally opened, the dog instantly stepped back and growled quietly — not from fear, but from anticipation. Because inside the bag was… 😱😲 Continued in the first comment 👇👇

Inside, there were no typical items border officers usually find, no living creature either. But the discovery still made the officers turn pale.

Under layers of bubble wrap lay a painting. Not just any painting — the very one that had been all over the news a week earlier.

The stolen 19th-century masterpiece, missing from a private collection and worth millions.

The handler exhaled:

“That’s why she reacted like that… the smell of paint, solvents… traces of the place where it was kept…”

And the dog looked at the case as if trying to say: Found it. Now do your job.