Dyfed-Powys trials drug swipe kits for response officers

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Dyfed-Powys trials drug swipe kits for response officers

The initiative, aimed at tackling drug driving, has resulted in 32 arrests over the last two months.

Date - 29th December 2022
By - Cachella Smith

Dyfed-Powys has recently equipped response officers with drug swipe kits traditionally used by roads policing units. The specialist kits have allowed frontline officers to test for drug drivers either following a collision or during...

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