A man has been charged with animal cruelty after a dead dog was found weighed down with a cement block underwater in the Sutherland Shire at the weekend.
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Around midday on Saturday police were called to Yowie Bay after the dog was found by swimmers.
Police divers retrieved the two-year-old Belgian Malinois and took it to a vet for a post-mortem examination.
Police then searched a property at Miranda on Monday and seized more than 117 grams of cannabis and other items.
A 49-year-old man has been charged with torturing, beating and causing the death of an animal, committing an act of aggravated cruelty on an animal and possessing a prohibited drug.
He was refused bail and will appear at Sutherland Local Court on Tuesday.
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Australian Associated Press
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