Just goes to show that it is unlikely that anything will replace a dog any time soon.
"On Monday January 29, 2007 an Eastbound 2007 Chevrolet Impala was stopped for speeding on Interstate-44, at the 81-MM, in Greene County. After request to search was denied, the canine indicated on the open passenger side window of the Impala, and an ensuing search revealed one pound of cocaine, located in a duffel bag, concealed in coffee grounds."
It would have been impossible for the meth gun to have detected that stash. So far I've seen no evidence of any significant stand-off distance, about an inch seems to have always been the norm.
Unfortunately, unless CDEx can improve the stand-off distance/scan footprint shortcomings while maintianing an acceptable integration time, I believe the meth gun will be dismissed as another laboratory curiosity and not find much practical use.
Let's hope Shriver has further tweaked the optics package since the Army/Navy rejections.
Valimed was suppose to be the bread winner, the fact that news of sales has gone silent for months and all the advertising by our CDEX stock promoters has centered around the meth gun is not a good sign.
The good news is that the meth gun has actually detected large crystals of meth supplied by the Tucson PD.
The bad news is there is no news on whether the meth gun has been operated successfully by the MSHP in detecting "miniscule" quantities of meth in the field.
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