Zoom Testing specialises in supplying drugs test kits for use by individuals, companies and government institutions.
Cocaine Test Swabs
A rapid, accurate method of determining the presence of COCAINE residues, the swabs are foil packed for indefinite shelf life.
Simply wipe the swab over any surface where you suspect the presence of COCAINE. Any traces present will produce an immediate BLUE coloration on the test swab. Safe to use and may be disposed of with normal waste.
Cocaine Identification Spray
This spray has been formulated to highlight the presence of cocaine and ‘Crack’ cocaine residues on surfaces, textiles and cardboard cartons. It can also be used on luggage and the interior surfaces of vehicles, shipping containers and goods transport vehicles.
It is especially useful to highlight areas where cocaine may be used in pubs, clubs and other areas where drugs can be abused.
Cannabis Test Kit
This simple chemical test is based on the reaction between azo dyes and cannabinoids. It allows officers to test suspected marijuana, hashish, hash oil, THC (Tetrahydrocannabinol), and residues of cannabis in smoking materials. A test kit contains sufficient materials to perform approx. 100 tests.
MMC Drug Screening Tests
The MMC Presumptive Drug Testing Kits were first introduced in the early 1990s, and they have become the presumptive drug testing kits of choice throughout Europe. We believe their ease of use, unprecedented reliability, low cost, and user safety will provide just what your are looking for.
Field Test Kits
The Field Test Kits are customised to meet a number of different test scenes and are designed especially be used in the field. Compact and easy to take with you in your car.
Forensic Test Kits
The MMC Presumptive Forensic Drugs Tests are very accurate and sensitive. The tests only require nanograms of the substance for accurate testing.
Carry On Odour Perception Inhibitor
‘Carry On’ Odor Perception Inhibitor is a non-toxic cream that is rubbed directly under the nose, tricking your olfactory sensors into not registering the offensive odours of putrefaction, while allowing you to experience the full range of additional scents around you.
This product will assist you in your work of dead body recovery and post-mortems, as you will not be distracted by the sometimes overwhelming odours of these scenes.
Packed in individual-use sachets, ‘Carry On’ can be carried in a pocket, briefcase or crime scene kit until needed. It has a mild, pleasing vanilla scent.
Cocaine : The Hidden Epidemic – COCAINE use in Greater Manchester reaches far beyond bars and clubs and into the area’s police HQ, hospitals and a Manchester crown court, an M.E.N. investigation can reveal. A team of M.E.N. reporters used the same testing kits employed by police to spot check toilets – the place where users most commonly prepare and snort cocaine – across the area.
Positive results were produced in the women’s toilets in the reception area of Chester House, the headquarters of Greater Manchester Police. And traces were found in four sets of hospital toilets and at Manchester’s Minshull Street Crown Court.
As part of the testing, a random sweep was also done of the toilets in the M.E.N. Media building in Scott Place. This, too, produced a positive test. The test swabs used by our reporters turn blue due to a chemical reaction produced by the presence of cocaine. The areas tested were always flat surfaces within toilet cubicles, where people might prepare and sniff cocaine. These ranged from toilet seats and cistern lids to toilet roll holders and window sills.
The toilets in three hospital A&E departments – Manchester Royal Infirmary, Stepping Hill in Stockport and Fairfield hospital in Bury – and the ones in the MRI’s main reception area did prove positive.
GMP uses the swabs to test for drug use when assessing licence applications. They are also used by forces across the country, by customs staff and in prisons. Dave Rigg of Crackdown Drug Testing Ltd produces the kits and was a policeman in Oldham for 18 years. He said: “The swabs are very reliable, they’ll detect milligram levels. This means if there were traces of cocaine on somebody’s clothes or fingers and they touched the tested surface it wouldn’t pick it up unless there was a substantial amount. “The levels they detect means that it is the presence of the drug on that surface they are showing.”
Drug Test Kits used in Schools – SCHOOLS in Greater Manchester are to screen their buildings for traces of cannabis, cocaine, amphetamines, heroin and LSD as part of a drive to stamp out drug use among pupils. Two schools in Oldham – which the M.E.N. has chosen not to identify – have already ordered ‘195 swab-testing kits that can detect the residue left behind by the drugs on walls, desks and toilets. The schools are not looking to test individual pupils but will concentrate on public locations and fixtures and fixings across the school.
A teacher from one of the schools said: “The reason we have ordered the kit is because we spend a lot of time talking about drug issues at school and we want to be seen to be doing something about it. The kits are a great way of detecting use in school and reassuring both parents and pupils that we have a proactive policy.”
The kits, each capable of carrying out 100 tests, are being provided by Saddleworth-based Crackdown Drug Testing, who work with Greater Manchester Police on drugs initiatives and who supply drug testing kits to Category A jails. The kits can detect the full range of drugs and are used to swab secluded areas where cannabis joints may be rolled, or toilet seats and flat surfaces where cocaine and amphetamines may be cut into lines and snorted.
Dave Rigg, Owner of Crackdown Drug Testing and an ex-policeman with 17 years’ experience, said: “The kits have an aerosol and 100 paper wipes. You wipe the paper on the suspected surface, then spray it with the aerosol. If drugs are present it will change colour”.
“It is the first time such methods will have been used in Greater Manchester”.
COCAINE SHOCKER FOR TOWN’S PUBS
THE pubs of mid Cheshire are awash with cocaine.
That was the horrifying discovery when a team of Guardian reporters swab-tested pub toilets in Northwich, Middlewich and Winsford on Saturday night.
Using the same testing kits employed by police, we picked 10 pubs at random and turned up traces of the highly addictive drug in every one.
In Northwich we tested The Anderton and Penny Black, in Witton Street, and Madison’s and Amber Lounge, in High Street, with all yielding positive results.
Vale Royal Magistrates’ Court and McDonalds in High Street did not escape our testing kits but reassuringly both came back negative.
The Anderton declined to comment while Madison’s owner John Bates said it is a hard task to keep drugs out of the club completely.
He said: “It’s a tricky one, as it is so much in the society in which we live in. We work very hard on the front door but we can’t search everybody. All we can do is keep an eye on it and if we do find anyone we will pass them onto the police.”
The Amber Lounge was unavailable for comment at the time of going to press.
A random sweep in Winsford revealed traces of the stimulant at Debees, in Market Place, Saxons, in Delamere Street and The Queens Arms, in Dene Drive.
A spokesperson for Wetherspoons, which owns the Penny Black in Northwich and the Queen’s Arms in Winsford, said: “We obviously have zero tolerance on drugs in our pubs and we work extremely hard to make sure drugs aren’t in the pub.
“The toilets are checked throughout the day but when people go in the cubicle we can’t see what they are doing.”
In Middlewich, the White Bear and Cats Bar, both in Wheelock Street, and the Kings Arms, in Queen Street, all yielded positive results – perhaps even more shocking as it was just 8.30pm.
The swabs work by turning blue due to a chemical reaction produced by the presence of cocaine.
We tested flat surfaces in toilet cubicles including toilet seats, cistern lids, toilet roll holders and windowsills – anywhere where users might prepare and sniff cocaine.
Dave Rigg, of Crackdown Drug Testing Ltd, produces the kits and was a policeman in Oldham for 18 years. He said he is not surprised by the results.
“The thing is that cocaine has moved on from being perceived as a rich man’s drug. Now if you go out on a Friday or Saturday night without it, you’re not dressed properly,” he said.
Mr Rigg added that the wipes are so accurate they are even used by Customs and in prisons. The swab will only turn blue if it comes into contact with cocaine, novocaine or loricaine.
Sgt Tony Jones, of the Cheshire Police Partnership Development Unit, said the force need to keep getting intelligence if they are to win the battle against drugs.
He said: “We work closely with pubs and clubs across Northwich and Winsford via our licensing and partnership officers and know they take issues such as drugs misuse extremely seriously.
“I would like to thank the Guardian for bringing this issue to our attention. Community intelligence is integral to effective policing.”
Anyone with information about the illegal use or sale of drugs to can contact officers on 0845 458 0000.
THE RESULTS: Northwich Penny Black, Witton Street – Slight trace in women’s toilet, nothing in the men’s.
The Anderton, Witton Street – Strong presence detected on the seats and toilet roll holder in both the men’s and women’s toilets.
Madisons, High Street – Strong presence detected on toilet seat and toilet roll holder in women’s, nothing in men’s.
Amber Lounge, High Street – Extremely high presence found on toilet seat in women’s toilets, slight trace found in men’s.
Middlewich The White Bear, Wheelock Street – Cocaine detected in men’s but not in women’s.
Kings Arms, Queen Street – Traces found in men’s but not women’s toilets.
Cats Bar, Wheelock Street – High amounts of the drug detected on window ledge in women’s and men’s toilets.
Winsford Debees, Market Place – Slight trace on toilet roll holder in women’s toilet, nothing in the men’s.
Saxons, Delamere Street – Slight trace on seat in women’s toilet, large amount detected in men’s.
The Queens Arms, Dene Drive – Very slight trace found on toilet seat in women’s, nothing in men’s.
Cocaine – our tests
7:16am Tuesday 8th April 2008
The swabs, produced by Crackdown Drug Testing Ltd, are based on a chemical which reacts when it comes into contact with cocaine.
The chemical starts as a pink solution on a wipe and turns blue on contact with the drug.
The wipes offer a simple pass or fail test.
If nothing happens, cocaine is not present. If they turn blue, it is.
The swabs are sensitive enough to detect around one miligram of the drug but Crackdown’s director Dave Rigg, a former police dog handler who set up the company in 1993, said more than a trace amount of the drug would have to be present initially.
He said: “It’s not a forensic test but it’s effective enough to say there’s cocaine present.
“We’ve had people question is it possible for somebody’s fingers or bank notes to transfer the drug to a toilet cistern’ and the answer is ‘no’.
“There needs to have been an amount lined up and snorted to show up on the tests.”
Mr Rigg said the wipes are used mainly by police, prisons and customs officials.
Local authorities, for example, a licensing authority, may also use them to test an organisation, such as a pub, if a particular problem is suspected.
Toilet cleaners and similar products will not react with the wipes but, if toilets are regularly cleaned, only recent cocaine use will show up.