--- description: Police in Phoenix spent 10 hours saving a puppy they found trapped at a home where they were fulfilling a drug-related search warrant. title: Police Searching for Drugs Find Trapped Puppy Instead image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6c074c6560e6c692/6988607735ba6f67b8c0ece2/puppy-rescue_gros.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Police Searching for Drugs Find Trapped Puppy Instead  by [Julia Zorthian](/author/julia-zorthian/)  ## Julia Zorthian Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 21, 2015 10:06 PM CUT  In this photo provided by the Arizona Humane Society a rescued puppy is reunited with its mother in Phoenix, on Aug. 21, 2015. In this photo provided by the Arizona Humane Society a rescued puppy is reunited with its mother in Phoenix, on Aug. 21, 2015.Arizona Humane Society/AP  by [Julia Zorthian](/author/julia-zorthian/)  ## Julia Zorthian Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 21, 2015 10:06 PM CUT Police in Phoenix helped with a [10-hour rescue of a puppy](http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/police-rescue-puppy-trapped-in-sewage-pipe-after-10-hours/ "undefined") after they found the dog trapped in a pipe at a home where they were executing a drug-related search warrant. After the long rescue effort, the puppy was extracted from the pipe and reunited with its mother. The Arizona Humane Society determined the puppy was 1 to 2 weeks old and a pit bull terrier mix. Officers also found two puppies that had died, and a grown female dog that survived. All the dogs were believed to be strays, the Associated Press reports. After the ordeal, it is unclear whether the officers found any drugs. \[[_AP_](http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/police-rescue-puppy-trapped-in-sewage-pipe-after-10-hours/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4007038/police-drugs-puppy-rescue/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4007038/police-drugs-puppy-rescue/"},"headline":"Police Searching for Drugs Find Trapped Puppy Instead","datePublished":"2015-08-21T22:06:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:23:43.418Z","description":"It took 10 hours to rescue the young pup","url":"https://time.com/4007038/police-drugs-puppy-rescue/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6c074c6560e6c692/6988607735ba6f67b8c0ece2/puppy-rescue_gros.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Julia Zorthian","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/julia-zorthian/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6c074c6560e6c692/6988607735ba6f67b8c0ece2/puppy-rescue_gros.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"In this photo provided by the Arizona Humane Society a rescued puppy is reunited with its mother in Phoenix, Friday, Aug. 21, 2015. Police serving a drug-related search warrant at a Phoenix home found themselves part of a 10-hour rescue effort to free a","caption":"In this photo provided by the Arizona Humane Society a rescued puppy is reunited with its mother in Phoenix, Friday, Aug. 21, 2015. Police serving a drug-related search warrant at a Phoenix home found themselves part of a 10-hour rescue effort to free a","creditText":"Arizona Humane Society/AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4007038/police-drugs-puppy-rescue/","name":"Police Searching for Drugs Find Trapped Puppy Instead"}}]}] ```