Smyrna Police K-9 Officer Passes Away From Cancer - NewsChannel5.com | Nashville News, Weather & Sports

SMYRNA, Tenn. – The Smyrna Police Department said one of their K-9 officers passed away.

Rowban, a nine year veteran of the department, died from cancer on Monday.

The department said Rowban was a productive K-9 with his handler Gary Schoon, and was responsible for the recovery of marijuana, cocaine, psilocybin mushrooms, and over $45,000 in cash in 2010.

He also participated in numerous school presentations and the department's Fire and Police Youth Academy.

He will be laid to rest Wednesday at Smyrna Police Department's K-9 Cemetery.

Woodfin Funeral Chapels and Cripple Creek Caskets donated the casket. The Smyrna Fire Department and the Smyrna Street Department will assist in the burial.