Machines to snuff out dangerous drugs

Innovative technology is necessary to detect a wide range of illegal substances with greater accuracy, speed and dependability than ever before. Detecting narcotics on skin, clothing, parcels, bags, cargo, vehicles and other surfaces needs security solutions which are accurate, productive and efficient.

No single technology available today can detect every risk and analyse with layered security solutions necessary for narcotic detection at ports and at airports.

Smiths Detection, a manufacturer of X-ray baggage scanners, explosives, narcotics, chemical and biological detectors, offers solutions that are fast and effective in detecting traces of drugs and explosives on people.

With recent reports suggesting that narcotics infiltration in Sri Lanka is growing, preventing its entry through heightened detection is critical.

Set up in 2000, as a member of the EXEL Group, EXEL Trading International (Pvt) Ltd is the distributor for Smiths Detection solutions in Sri Lanka.

Through its alliance with Smiths Detection, EXEL has the capacity to provide extensive security solutions including preventive and corrective maintenance services to customers islandwide on a 24-hour basis.

Smiths Detection offers a comprehensive range of advanced narcotics detection equipment. These include the Target ID - Specifically developed to support narcotics interdiction efforts, combining power, speed, pre-loaded library of up to 2,500 substances and accuracy to identify narcotics, precursors, cutting agents, and common chemicals.

Target-ID provides identification results in a matter of seconds without damaging or degrading the sample. Target-ID also identifies emerging designer drugs and local variants can be added to the expandable user library.

The advanced security solutions offers Customs and security officials added advantages for drug detection especially in the arrival hall of airports.