Chicago CBP lab identifies new illicit synthetic drugs

Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector:  border_security Image Caption:  Synthetic amphetamine U.S. customs agents at international mail and courier hub facilities are fighting a rising tide of new designer drugs that mimic marijuana, methamphetamine and other illegal drugs as drug smugglers look for ways to get around U.S. regulations. Homepage position: …

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Cutter Resolute bags $35 million in drugs, saves smugglers

Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector:  border_security Image Caption:  Resolute offloadsseized drugs The Coast Guard’s 210-foot Cutter Resolute, returned to its home port in Florida on Oct. 7 after saving four drug smugglers, helping find a lost cruise ship passenger and confiscating $35 million in drugs. The ship’s 10-week deployment, said…

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Cayman and FLIR provide law enforcement with an edge in battle against ‘bath salts’ and other designer drugs

Top Priority Sector:  cbrne_detection Image Caption:  Griffin 460 Cayman Chemical and FLIR Systems have come together to provide law enforcement with a powerful new tool in the battle against designer drugs by using Cayman Chemical’s forensic standards to create a Mass Spectral Library for FLIR’s Griffin 460 transportable Gas Chromatograph…

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