Customs officers will use transportable spectrometers to find out the chemical composition of products and search for medicine

Because the Lithuanian Customs introduced on Monday, 5 such spectrometers have been bought, and extra are deliberate to be bought. These are transportable gadgets that slot in a suitcase and are designed for the identification of assorted chemical substances.

“With spectrometers, Lithuanian customs staff will have the ability to decide on the spot in a couple of minutes whether or not sure items include, for instance, narcotic, chemically aggressive, major explosive substances or different chemical substances,” says Šarūnas Ramanauskas, head of the Violation Prevention Division of the Customs Division.

Based on him, this won’t solely simplify the work of customs officers, but in addition shorten the time of inspection of products, as a result of normally, it won’t be mandatory to move the samples of products checked with a spectrometer to the Customs laboratory and await the inspection outcomes.

As introduced, the brand new spectrometer was examined on the Vilnius publish workplace whereas checking postal gadgets. Shipments with unclear packaging or containing suspicious chemical compounds have been checked with a spectrometer. Within the inspected shipments, all supplies have been allowed, the shipments will quickly attain the recipients.

Based on customs, the spectrometers might be in comparison with a scaled-down cellular laboratory. They are going to be used not solely to verify mail, but in addition at different posts.