Police trial of instant drug testing tool nets hundreds of IDs
Police trial of instant drug testing tool nets hundreds of IDs © RNZ / Liu Chen A New Zealand-developed instant drug screening service is proving popular with police who have been testing its use to identify drugs in the field. The Lumi service uses a mobile phone app to scan drugs to look for identifying features of three common drugs - methamphetamine, MDMA and cocaine. The substance is placed on the screen and is compared to the identifying features of known drugs found in New Zealand, and an analysis is provided to the officer. It was developed by ESR government research scientists work...