KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 12 -- Move over, human detectives. There's a new investigator in town, and he's got four legs and a nose for tech, expertly cracking digital crimes.

Noble is the Royal Malaysia Police's (PDRM) electronic storage detection (ESD) specialist in the K9 Unit.

This black Labrador Retriever isn't just another police dog - behind that lolling tongue and adorable goofiness, lies a razor-sharp detective dedicated to sniffing out criminals' hidden electronic devices.

At just one-year-old, Noble has already been registered as a government asset by the Ministry of Home Affairs and is now stationed at the Police Training Centre (Pulapol) here.

Noble's nose is his weapon. With a sniff that can detect microscopic chemical traces, h...