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April 16, 2018 03:49 pm GMT
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Police catch criminal after spotting fingerprint in WhatsApp photo
Even on encrypted messaging platforms, be careful what you send.
Police officers in South Wales were able to identify a drug dealer's fingerprints from an old WhatsApp photo, the BBC reports. The fingerprint helped secure 11 drug-trafficking convictions, which are believed to be the first convictions in Wales to come from a photograph.
"Ultimately, beyond everything else, we took a phone and looked at everything on it - we knew it had a hand with drugs on it," South Wales police officer Dave Thomas told BBC. "These guys [the dealers] are using the technology not to get caught and we need to keep up with advancements." Read more...
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