Wednesday, 16 January 2013

GPS pill bottles to track prescription drug thieves



The New York Police Department wants to combat prescription drug theft by getting pharmacies to fit some pill bottles with GPS trackers.


These "bait bottles" would be mixed in with legitimate pill bottles so that when the pharmacy is robbed, the police are able to track the bottles back to the perpetrators. This would help crack crime rings of people stealing and trafficking prescription drugs.


By: Olivia Solon, Edited by: Liat Clark


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via Wired.co.uk



http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-01/16/gps-pill-bottles

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