Lyle Sinclair and his dog, Nick, were among five K-9 units searching for drugs Thursday in the streets and avenues around Bismarck High School.

Another five officers and their dogs were doing the same thing near Century High School.

Usually, local authorities search only one school, but this time they had the manpower to try something different. The North Dakota Highway Patrol and the Bismarck Police Department hosted a training event Thursday for drug dogs. Dog handlers from across the state agreed to help simultaneously search Bismarck's two public high schools.

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