On a chilly autumn night at Otopeni Airport, Officer Andrei and his German Shepherd partner, Luna, patrolled Terminal D. For three years, they had worked side by side, their bond built on trust and instinct.

That night, Luna’s instincts flared. She fixated on a pale young woman pushing a stroller draped in a blue blanket. The woman’s voice shook as she snapped, “Get the dog away from my baby!”

But Luna wouldn’t back down. In a sudden leap, she knocked the stroller, sending the blanket sliding away—revealing not a child, but a sealed thermal bag covered in biohazard symbols. Inside: vials of dangerous biological agents, their sharp chemical odor cutting through the air.

Within minutes, hazmat teams locked down the terminal. The woman, trembling, confessed she’d been tricked into smuggling the package for an unknown network trafficking prohibited substances from Asia to Europe.

Authorities later confirmed the vials could have sparked a deadly outbreak—if not for Luna’s unshakable instincts and Andrei’s swift action.

That night, Luna became a national hero, her photo flooding news and social media. Andrei put it simply: “She wasn’t just a dog. She was our guardian angel.”