South Wales police have arrested a drug dealer for a message Whatsapp contained with a photo of the dealer's hand holding various pills, according to a Publication of the BBC.
It is the first conviction in Wales based on fingerprints which simply appeared in a photo.
Still, the photograph had only a small portion of the fingerprints of the suspect, which was not very useful for tracking it.
Later, police forensic scientists were able to analyze the findings to confirm that the identity of the suspect corresponded to the person arrested by the police.
According to Dave Thomas, a spokesman for the South Wales Police Department smartphones recent years.
The images are quite detailed and can serve as elements for identifying people.
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