
This paper will present details of our progress in understanding the various parameters in sampling with a goal to assist in standardizing field sampling as much as possible among detection instruments. The nature of the surface sampled is very important as well Our studies have shown that various degrees of roughness, porosity, and mechanical damage can contribute to as much as 32 percent of the target drug being retained by the surface after swiping. The choice of swipe material makes a great difference.

The search warrants were served on June 15 at three homes on the 3800. Police divers are continuing to search the vessel. A third Sydney man charged over the alleged conspiracy is expected to face court next month. The Ministry of Home Affairs, too, has made fighting the drug menace. The goal is to understand the parameters critical to achieving maximum efficiency in sampling surfaces. The Escambia County Sheriffs Office announced Wednesday that narcotics unit deputies and SWAT served search warrants at five different Escambia County homes, seizing hundreds of thousands of dollars in cars, jewelry, drugs and firearms. Again, police divers recovered a tyre attached to the hull of the ship but no drugs were found, with the contraband thought to be lost at sea. With the porous Indo-Myanmar border exposing Manipur to the Golden Triangle of drug trade and mafias, the state has launched a ‘War on Drugs 2.0’, making it a part of the 100-day agenda of the CM Biren Singh-led new government. We have initiated studies of sampling and sample handling as an adjunct to the development of man-portable detection instrumentation for contraband drugs.

dry swipes, environmental factors, to mention several have not been performed. shall not be contraband stored in a secured vehicle: (1) knives and knife-like weapons, clubs and club-like weapons. However, the detailed evaluation of swiping procedures, swipe materials, the effect of surfaces, wet swipes vs. One of the most popular methods of sampling surfaces for contraband drugs is the use of swipes. INL partners with Panama in programs aimed at detecting and dismantling illicit drug trafficking networks and reducing the movement of contraband and. Achieving efficiency in sampling, and sample handling of contraband drugs is integral to the successful operation of field detection and analytical systems, and represents a major technology challenge.
