A serious counter-terrorism probe has been launched after a cargo containing Uranium was seized at United Kingdom’s Heathrow Airport. Stories mentioned the bundle – addressed to an Iranian-linked agency within the UK – is prone to have originated in Pakistan and arrived on a flight from Oman.
Uranium is extensively used to supply nuclear vitality and is mostly seen as lethal. Nevertheless, a routine screening of the bundle discovered “a really small quantity of contaminated materials”, which consultants have reportedly assessed as “posing no risk to the general public.” The uranium was ‘not weapons-grade’ – and so couldn’t be used to fabricate a thermo-nuclear weapon, stories mentioned.
The matter is beneath investigation and no arrests have been made to date.
“We will verify officers from the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command had been contacted by Border Drive colleagues at Heathrow after a really small quantity of contaminated materials was recognized after routine screening inside a bundle incoming to the UK on 29 December 2022,” the police was quoted as telling MailOnline, an area media company.
“I wish to reassure the general public that the quantity of contaminated materials was extraordinarily small and has been assessed by consultants as posing no risk to the general public,” Commander Richard Smith mentioned, in keeping with Dailymail On-line.
“Though our investigation stays ongoing, from our inquiries to date, it doesn’t seem like linked to any direct risk. Nevertheless, we’ll proceed to observe up on all out there strains of enquiry to make sure that is positively the case,” the commander mentioned.
(With company inputs)