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AhuraFD Used in Major Seizure in the Netherlands

Extraordinary Amount of Raw Material for Drugs Found

 

Venlo, Netherlands
February, 2013

Following a major investigation, Dutch police found and identified a large quantity of the substance Apaan in a truck Thursday February 27. Apaan serves as a raw material for the production of synthetic drugs.

Link to original article. (Dutch, not translated).

PDF of English translation

MetroTV, Jakarta, Indonesia
June, 2012

The Thermo Scientific AhuraFD analyzer was used by the Indonesian National Police Forensic Laboratory to confirm the discovery of 150kg of methamphetamine in Jakarta, worth hundreds of millions of US dollars.

View the full news segment. Please note: coverage is in Indonesian; not translated.