This AI-powered scanner will sniff out your drugs in the mail

The Dutch are known for many things — windmills, tulips, washed up soccer players… and an amazing talent for producing tons of synthetic drugs. So much, in fact, that drug traffickers in the Netherlands accumulated an estimated €18,9 billion in revenue in 2017. In comparison, that’s more than Iceland’s gross national product. All those pills and powders need to make their way into someone’s clammy palms somehow, and this often involves an ancient method of distribution: the mail. In the Netherlands, about 200 million letters and packages are mailed each year. A police team dedicated to investigating illegal goods in…

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