WhatsApp drug dealer convicted using fingerprints taken from photo

Apr 16 2018 by The Verge

 

Police in South Wales have arrested a drug dealer based on a WhatsApp message with a photograph of the dealer’s hand holding an assortment of pills, according to a report from the BBC.

The first convictions in Wales based on fingerprints from a photo

Despite that the photo only offers a glimpse of a small part of the dealer’s fingerprints — which weren’t entirely useful in actually locating the dealer — forensic scientists were able to use those pieces to confirm that the...

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