Concateno wins Italian road police deal
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
UK drug and alcohol testing specialist Concateno has won a contract to supply the road police in northern Italy with the Cozart drug detection system (DDS). The deal, part of an anti-drug driving campaign that will run until the end of 2007 in the Piedmont and Valle d'Aosta region, will see police officers using the DDS to perform roadside tests on drivers for heroin, cocaine, cannabis, amphetamine, methamphetamine and benzodiazepines. The test analyses a non-invasive saliva sample and produces the results in less than five minutes, according to Concateno. Piedmont police said that this collaboration will help it document the amount of incidents related to driving under the influence of drugs to a level similar to that of drink-driving testing. Concateno obtained the DDS through its acquisition of Cozart in August 2007 (see Clinica No 1273, p 13).