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Target-ID to detect narcotics smuggled in

Recent media reports indicate Sri Lanka is being used as a transit route by drug syndicates to smuggle narcotics through the country.

According to the reports Sri Lanka's Customs Narcotics Controls Division continue to seize sizable quantities of drugs and despite detections, the country continues to be a transit point for smugglers.

Vigilance has been increased at seaports with narcotics arriving in bulk via containers and hidden among various other trading goods.

While passengers who travel through airports, those considered suspicious are subject to rigid checks, it is impossible to individually examine over 24,000 containers which arrive at the Colombo port on a monthly basis.

To help law enforcement officials fight the entry of contraband, among the superior technology available is the new portable handheld identifier that provides a field analysis of a wide range of illicit drugs and controlled substances.

Smiths Detection which offers advanced solutions in detecting explosives, chemical and biological agents, radiological and nuclear threats, narcotics, weapons and contraband has introduced 'Target-ID' a Fourier-Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy system for illicit drug identification.

This hand-held unit identifies narcotics, synthetic designer drugs, cutting agents, and common chemicals. Providing forensic laboratory quality results, the Target-ID also allows users to define their own library matches to help identify trafficking rings and localised varieties of narcotics while providing an intuitive user interface.

With a growing need to allocate additional funds towards combatting narcotics smuggling , the Smiths Detection's 'Sabre 5000' is a hand-held trace detector for explosives, chemical agents, toxic industrial chemicals and narcotics.

Safeguarding aviation security poses significant challenges. To detect possible threats and substances, sophisticated technologies are vital. Smiths Detection's portable trace explosives and narcotics detector known as IONSCAN 600 provides airports and users, a simple and small, lightweight, portable and cost-effective method of screening for a wide range of explosives and drugs.

The Ionscan Sentinel II detects explosives and narcotics through head-to-toe screening, is fully automated through a touch screen colour display.

While smugglers are engaged in using sophisticated and ingenious concealment methods Sri Lankan officials too should use advanced tools to prevent drug syndicates proliferating in the island.

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