Putrajaya, Malaysia – Two Labrador dogs has been declared as a hero when they find the 1.6 million illegal movie discs. The two Labrador dogs are namely Flo and lucky, they are one of the many sniffing dogs in Putrajaya, Malaysia. The two dogs are a instant celebrity in Malaysia, they were awarded a medal and been known as the hero.

Malaysia's deputy trade minister S. Veerasingham placed medals around their necks.

"What they have helped us achieve in such a short time is remarkable," said Veerasingham. "Malaysia is committed to wiping out piracy and pirates. We will go after them very fast."

The world's first dogs trained to identify optical discs by the scent of their chemicals, Lucky and Flo were loaned to the Malaysian government in March by the Motion Picture Association, a U.S.-based watchdog.

During that stint — dubbed Operation Double Trouble — they helped unearth 1.6 million DVDs and other optical discs, three DVD replicating machines and 97 compact disc burners, worth $6 million. Twenty-six people were arrested during the raids.

The operations were so successful that Malaysian movie pirates were reported to have placed a bounty of $29,000 on the dogs, prompting them to be kept under close guard.

The two dogs will leave on Aug. 23 for New York, where they will take part in shows and also help in raids on movie pirates.

The dogs cannot distinguish between pirated and legal discs, but that can be easily done by enforcement officers once the dogs had unearthed the caches. In at least one instance, the dogs uncovered a secret room behind a false wall.

The domestic trade ministry will set up a canine unit later this year to unearth pirated DVDs. Two new dogs will be trained in Ireland by the same trainer who taught Lucky and Flo, said Veerasingham.

According to the MPA, its member studios in the U.S. lost $6.1 billion to worldwide piracy in 2005, of which the Asia-Pacific region accounted for $1.2 billion and the United States for $1.3 billion.

Well that’s a good news that they trained dogs to sniff illegal stuff, its really helpful for all the police officers to have a dog on their side cause sometimes men cannot see what dog can see, feel and smell.