Cocaine detection torch ?

Essexman

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Never seen this before, BBC News

"A special drug torch used by police to catch people who snort cocaine is now being used by door staff at pubs and clubs in Blackburn"

Anyone know how they work?
 

B@rt

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Re: Cocaine torch ?

It's a regular UV torch, narcotics such as amphetamine, cocaine and certain MDMA tablets are clearly fluorescent when illuminated with UV light. ;)
 

Zatoichi

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Re: Cocaine torch ?

There are other orifices people can use for drugs. It could be interesting if they begin checking those too. :green:
 

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Re: Cocaine torch ?

Special Drug torch? haha spiffy name....

If places make it a condition of entry, then people cant say anything about legality and such of such searches can they...

Crenshaw
 

GLOCK18

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Re: Cocaine torch ?

Shining a UV light in someone face, its going to leave them out to lawsuites as it possiable to damage the eyes.
 

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Re: Cocaine torch ?

Hi,
It's been well know that uv shows up coke dust just look at some pics of 80 film stars in night club caught off guard with "black lights" a certain the shiny star comes to mind:sssh:
any way back to the coke torch, there's going to be a lot of people that don't make it thought the front door of the pub or night club in the UK as it's so easy to buy coke here!!!
cheers DocD
 

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Re: Cocaine torch ?

sooo, what happens if the happened to fall face first into some detergent powder?

or maybe they were messing around with glow powder earlier that day?

Crenshaw
 

Essexman

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Re: Cocaine torch ?

sooo, what happens if the happened to fall face first into some detergent powder?

or maybe they were messing around with glow powder earlier that day?

Crenshaw


My snowman won't get into any more night clubs then :grin2:
 

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Re: Cocaine torch ?

From down the bottom of this page TrAc Finder Ultra Violet UV Light Kits and Accessories - Advanced NDT Ltd.

[FONT=Arial,Bold] COCAINE | AMPHETAMINE | ECSTACY
[/FONT]
Some narcotics such as amphetamine, cocaine and certain MDMA tablets are clearly fluorescent when illuminated with UV light. Even minute amounts of certain narcotics can be readily visible when illuminated with UV, making the investigators work much easier when, for example, performing a house search for suspected narcotics. Powder and powder residue which remains on clothing, hands, tables, kitchen sinks, balances and other tools, and which is not normally visible in normal light, becomes highly visible with the use of ultraviolet light.
[FONT=Arial,Bold] Fluorescent narcotics
[/FONT]
Cocaine
Amphetamine
MDMA tablets (including some but not all Ecstasy tablets)
Cocaine
Cocaine having a purity of at least 87 % fluoresces clearly when illuminated with UV light.
Amphetamine
Some amphetamine having a purity of 78 % (i.e. of Dutch, Baltic or Polish origin) are clearly fluorescent when illuminated with UV light. Even small amounts of amphetamine are easy detectable because of their fluorescent nature.
MDMA tablets
Some MDMA tablets (i.e. Ecstasy with four-leaf clover logotypes) are clearly fluorescent with UV. Even small fragments are easily visible as they fluoresce intensively.
 

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Re: Cocaine torch ?

....snip....


[FONT=Arial,Bold] Fluorescent narcotics
[/FONT]
Cocaine
Amphetamine
MDMA tablets (including some but not all Ecstasy tablets)
Cocaine
Cocaine having a purity of at least 87 % fluoresces clearly when illuminated with UV light. .....

.......snip....

Won't be showing up much round your way then Essexman :crackup:
 
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