Customs and Borders
Rapid, Portable, Chemical ID
Confidently identify thousands of chemical threats immediately to ensure customs and borders safety.
CUSTOMS AND BORDERS SECURITY
Quick & Accurate Screening for Customs and Borders Security
Balancing security and efficiency remains one of the most significant challenges in customs and borders protection. This entails implementing stringent measures to combat illegal activities such as smuggling, trafficking, and terrorism while ensuring the seamless and lawful movement of goods and people through customs and borders.
Integrating advanced chemical identification devices like the VipIR, MX908, ProtectIR and ThreatID into border operations empowers agents with bulk and trace-level analysis capabilities. These technologies enhance decision-making by identifying containers or vehicles that warrant secondary screening, enabling more targeted inspections. The result is a safer, more efficient process for detecting bulk or trace-level quantities of drugs and uncovering potential drug trafficking operations.
DRUG IDENTIFICATION
Enhance Border Security
Customs and borders agencies are responsible for safeguarding borders while ensuring the safety and security of travelers, imports, and exports. A major focus of customs organizations is the identification and seizure of illegal drugs. Drug traffickers conceal contraband, posing a challenge to border patrol officers. Rapid and accurate identification of dangerous substances is important to determine response, stop illegal drugs from entering the border, and ensure custom agent’s safety.
Learn more and explore how the New Zealand Customs Service (NZCS) utilized the MX908 to identify narcotics, toxic industrial chemicals, and detect explosives and precursors.
CUSTOMS AND BORDERS
Trace-level Chemical ID
Advancements in handheld chemical analysis, like high-pressure mass spectrometry (HPMS), are revolutionizing customs and borders operations. Our MX908 handheld device allows officers to detect and identify trace substances in seconds, directly in the field. By enhancing accuracy, operational speed, and safety, MX908 empowers customs officials to make swift, informed decisions during inspections.
Modern Chemical Detection & Identification Tools for Your Mission
Chemical
Analyzer
Combines FTIR and Raman with Smart Spectral Processing that delivers a single-sample chemical analysis workflow for bulk solids and liquids
Trace-level
Analysis
Utilizes mass spectrometry to detect and identify compounds at trace levels, including drugs, explosives and other hazardous materials in all forms, including aerosols
Resources
Drug Detection at the Border: How VipIR and MX908 Work Together to Elevate Customs & Border Screening
Discover how VipIR and MX908 work together to elevate border drug detection with rapid screening and advanced chemical identification—helping customs agents triage faster, identify threats confidently, and protect ports of entry without slowing commerce.
Chilean Border Agents Foil Multiple Narcotics Smuggling Attempts with MX908
Explore how advanced detection technology is helping stop drug smuggling at airports through real-world case studies from Chilean customs.
To Catch a Smuggler: Drugs Identified in 3D Printed Animal Figurines
Customs was warned about the use of 3D printed objects to conceal drugs. With the MX908, they were able to quickly identify drug substances present.
Trace Chemical Detection for Customs Inspection
Enhance border security with fast, accurate chemical detection for customs inspections. Discover how MX908 handheld mass spectrometer streamlines trace drug identification and boosts operational efficiency at ports of entry.
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