Narcotics Identification

Raman spectroscopy is excellent for identifying the vast majority of narcotic substances. Without consuming or tampering with the sample, it eliminates the risk of destroying or invalidating evidence. Narcotics Identification is done in seconds, without the need to open the plastic bag or glass container. Keeping an unknown substance contained is a great benefit, as many narcotics are dangerous or even lethal.

The need to adapt to a constantly changing scenario.

Every year, more than 50 new drugs appear on the illegal market. For law enforcement officials, keeping up with new and emerging drugs is a challenge. Traditional methods, such as wet chemistry analysis, cannot be performed as quickly. To ensure that its customers are always up to date, Serstech updates its library every quarter, adding new narcotics and precursors, along with CAS numbers and GHS symbols for each substance.

Serstech instruments are delivered with ChemDash, a powerful software that, among other things, allows your users to quickly and easily update all the equipment in your organization.

Fast decision making and reporting

During a counter-narcotics operation, it is often vital to obtain quick and accurate decision support. Serstech instruments are small and light enough to carry in a backpack or pocket, and have a battery life long enough for a long day’s work. By always having the equipment on hand, the decision to detain or release a suspect can be made in seconds without exposing the operative to potentially harmful substances.

All measurements are securely stored in the instrument, which can hold over 100,000 measurements in its persistent memory. These can be transferred via USB cable or wirelessly (Serstech Arx only) to a computer for further analysis, reporting, sharing with the rest of the organization or as part of evidence management.

Tailor-made libraries

Each national or regional security agency has its own list of main narcotic drugs. In addition to the permanent updates made by Serstech, it is easy for the agency itself to add its own substances by customizing its libraries. It takes only 1 minute to add and update a new product, and it is distributed to all the teams in your organization. Measuring and Narcotics identification itself takes only seconds, as important as this is when working in the field in dangerous circumstances.