Police are investigating whether material for a dirty bomb was sent to the UK after uranium was discovered in cargo at Heathrow
The cargo was found on a flight from Oman on December 29, and reportedly originated in Pakistan. It was destined for an Iranian business with premises in the UK.Now after days of examining the potentially lethal material, investigators are working to find everyone connected to the contaminated cargo.
A spokesperson for the Met Police said: "We can confirm officers from the Met's Counter Terrorism Command were contacted by Border Force colleagues at Heathrow after a very small amount of contaminated material was identified after routine screening within a package incoming to the UK on 29 December 2022."
"As the public would expect, however, we will continue to follow up on all available lines of enquiry to ensure this is definitely the case.
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