Meet the yellow Lab named Pacman helping get drugs off the streets

Pacman, a yellow lab, joined the Clayton County District Attorney's Office five years ago.

Pacman, a yellow lab, joined the Clayton County District Attorney's Office five years ago.

If it was up to the Clayton County District Attorney, the four-legged member of her staff probably would have a different name.

But Tracy Graham Lawson is the first to admit the name works. Pacman, the yellow Labrador, is chomping away at the county’s drug problem. In just five years, the pup has led investigators to $2 million worth of cash and property, including more than 2 tons of marijuana.

“He’s a super star,” Lawson said.

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