SPRINGFIELD – As high-level drug dealers upgrade technology, law enforcement is fighting back with the help of $285,000 in new equipment that can detect narcotics in cars using X-rays, break encryptions on cell phones and a portable lab that rapidly tests drugs.
Officials with the Massachusetts National Guard announced Monday they have donated five high-tech devices to law enforcement through the Hampden District Attorney’s Office as part of a long-running partnership to battle drug trafficking.
“As drug dealers and traffickers adopt new methods and acquire new ways to infiltrate our communities we must stay ahead of them and similarly continue to adapt and evolve our methods of investigation and interdiction,” District Attorney Anthony Gulluni said Monday…