Illegal dog in the UK?

[Guest Anonymous]

There is a guy who lives across the street from us and he is a known drug dealer. Recently he has acquired a new dog which I have been told is a Japanese Tosa, which I doubted very much until I had seen a picture of a Japanese Tosa and the dogs look very similar. Is it possible to smuggle a dog into a country or are the people who deal with exporting animals from oversea's that easily duped into believing that a Japanese Tosa could be mistaken for a dog of a similar appearance if they were told by the buyer's he was a dog of a different breed?

[Aroura]

Are they illegal over there?
Well, if this guy is a drug dealer, it wouldnt be unlikely to get a 'dangerous' dog imported for protection. This guy sounds like the type of bonehead that gets breeds banned in the first place by getting something tough and using it for protection by training to attack trespassers.
Also, just because the breed is illegal doesn't mean people arent breeding them.