So will the poop-scanners replace the porno-scanners? The porno-scanners cost hundreds of thousands of dollars for each machine (plus training and maintenance) and it’s likely that the new scanners won’t be a bargain either. Australia is reviewing the new machines because of the 60 pounds of drugs that were found smuggled inside the bodies of travelers last year. Once again, this sounds like a pretty bad return on investment. Is sixty pounds of drugs worth millions in new machines and training?

NEW X-ray technology that can reveal drug smugglers’ internal cavities will be trialled at airports under a plan to fast-track security searches.

Legislation before Federal Parliament would enable customs officers to use new body scanners instead of sending suspects to hospital for internal X-rays ordered by a doctor, reported the Herald Sun.

Federal police wasted more than 4600 hours in hospital waiting rooms last year because of drug smugglers waiting for scans.