The Gt 200

[anon789]

excerpt from today's New York Times:

Mexico Is Warned on Drug Detector

by MARC LACEY Published: March 15, 2010

MEXICO CITY—The British government has notified Mexico that a handheld device widely used by the Mexican military and police to search for drugs and explosives may be ineffective, British officials said. 

Mexico's National Defense Secretariat has spent more than $10 million to purchase hundreds of the detectors, similar to the "magic wands" in use in Iraq and Afghanistan, for its antidrug fight. Although critics have called them nothing more than divining rods, Mexican defense officials praise the devices as a critical part of their efforts to combat drug traffickers. At the military's National Drug Museum, one of the devices is on display, with a plaque that describes its success in finding hidden caches of drugs.

Mexican military officials say the black plastic wands, known as the GT 200 and manufactured by the British company Global Technical Ltd...

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The GT 200 works fine in Mexico - the Mexican military is very happy with it -- just as the Thai military is very happy with the GT 200 as a bomb detector. The GT 200 comes with different SIM cards which in reality are RF-ID cards, but they seem to work all the same. One card for explosives, another for drugs. Easy. Everyone's happy. 

I think there are many other happy customers around the World, too. So why does the British government harass and embarrass Thailand and Mexico about this? I guess they are just naturally racist and imperialist. Bastards!  

It seems everyone are happy except the British government. And Global Technical Ltd. are ecstatic! 

[JetsetBkk]

Anyone got a link to the test results? (I presume these devices have been tested.)

[Jdietz]

They work great when operated by a professional... psychic.