Drugs on banknotes will not wash in future / Guardian, 12 September 2007
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James Randerson
"A legal loophole that had allowed drug dealers to shrug off incriminating forensic evidence in court has been closed by scientists.
Police use cocaine found on bank notes as evidence that a criminal handled large amounts of the drug. But defendants often claim the contamination is simply due to them living in an area of high drug use. The new study shows that this excuse won't work because contamination is evenly distributed on bank notes throughout the country. It has already been used in several court cases involving drug crime."