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Lab-Grade Drug Identification, In The Field

The NIRLight Identifier puts near-infrared laboratory analysis in an officer's hand — identify and quantify 400+ substances in under 10 seconds, with no sample preparation and no contact.

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Point and Click

Direct sampling, or straight through thin clear plastics — results in under 10 seconds, identifying up to three substances in a mixture with quantification.

400+ Substances

All major drugs of abuse and cutting agents: cocaine and heroin in base and salt forms, MDMA, amphetamines, ketamine, THC/CBD, cathinones, NPS, plus selected explosives in powder form.

Always Current

Weekly library updates keep pace with drug evolution, while centralised tracking gives forces integrated insight into trends and patterns.

NIRLAB NIRLight handheld substance identification device held in one hand
Laboratory-grade near-infrared analysis, in one hand.
Three steps to using NIRLight: connect the device, scan the substance, read the result on the app in seconds
Three steps, start to result: connect, scan, read. No reagents, no sample prep, no lab.

Where it earns its place

Identifying Substances Where The Lab Isn't

Police officers stopping and searching an individual on the street Border Force officer insignia during a border control operation A custodial cell search where substances may need identifying on the spot A festival drug testing and harm reduction service tent

Street policing, border control, custodial settings and festival harm-reduction services — the situations where an answer is needed in seconds, not days. Images courtesy of NIRLAB.

Used by law-enforcement organisations worldwide; supplied and supported in the UK by RedteQ alongside our trace detection and screening portfolio — one supplier for the whole detection toolkit.

Before you order

Power & Siting

Substance identification is handheld work, done wherever the item is.

  • Battery powered and portable — no installed supply required.
  • Mains only for charging, from an ordinary socket.
  • No radiation and no controlled area, so there is no siting restriction to plan around.
Every figure here comes from the manufacturer’s own datasheet. We still confirm supply, access route and floor loading on site — a free site survey before anything is ordered, so nothing arrives that the building can’t take.

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See NIRLight Identify In Seconds

Book a demonstration at our Hampshire facility, by appointment, or on your own site.

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