A new piece of technology helped Border Patrol agents find a package that had 49 pounds of the date rape drug.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued a statement this week about the find, which was shipped as "ink" headed for Dallas. They used the Gemini Thermo Scientific Analyzer to check the chemical.
The handheld device alerted agents that the so-called ink was actually Gamma-Butyrolactone, or GBL. The Gemini is a hand-held device that can quickly analyze substances and alert agents as to their true nature.
CBP says it can be used to identify 14,000 substances, including bomb-making materials and even Fentanyl, which is a highly-dangerous painkiller normally prescribed to terminally-ill patients.
