Aussie Police track drug buyers via SMS

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Police track drug buyers via SMS
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AUTOMATED text messages are alerting police of the identity and location of people who pharmacy hop for drugs containing pseudoephedrine.

The Pharmacy Guild of Queensland software triggers an immediate alarm when multiple packets of drugs are requested by customers within a short period of time. The new technology complements new laws introduced by the State Government two weeks ago prohibiting the sale of cold and flu drugs without photo identification.

National guild president Kos Sclavos said details from the identification, generally driver's licences, were keyed into a program that every Queensland pharmacy is linked to. All pharmacies are GPS coded. Mr Sclavos said police receive a name and a map of the pharmacies targeted..

SMART!! Wonder what they are doing over here ;)
Sorta like MethWatch but live to the minute..

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i've seen "meth watch" stickers outside of certain pharmacies DT and upon asking about it they gave me the similar sorta bit. It's a good idea i think