GEORGIA: POLICE FIND TWO METAL CONTAINERS STUFFED WITH RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES INSIDE A CAR

Record ID: 645905

  • Title: GEORGIA: POLICE FIND TWO METAL CONTAINERS STUFFED WITH RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES INSIDE A CAR
  • Date: 17th June 2003
  • Summary: (W5) TBILISI, GEORGIA (JUNE 16, 2003) (REUTERS) WIDE OF NEWS CONFERENCE (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) GIVI MGEMBRISHVILI, POLICE OFFICIAL SAYING "We are investigating the situation. At the moment we know that the aim was to take it abroad and sell." MV MEDIA (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) LERI MESKHI, NUCLEAR EXPERT SAYING "Despite the fact that it was all inside the capsule it is still very dangerous and in certain circumstances it can evaporate and contaminate the area." CUTAWAY JOURNALISTS (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) LERI MESKHI SAYING "It can contaminate even a small city of One hundred thousand or two hundred thousand people by simple evaporation. It will cause radiophoby and panic that would require dozens of millions of dollars to decontaminate the city." SLV EXTERIOR OF INTERIOR MINISTRY BUILDING Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 2nd July 2003 13:00
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  • Location: TBILISI, GEORGIA
  • Country: Georgia
  • Topics: Crime / Law Enforcement
  • Reuters ID: LVABBTSQAYLSM7NR719V06FSWY3X
  • Story Text: Police in the ex-Soviet republic of Georgia have found two metal containers stuffed with radioactive substances inside a car.
    The containers with radioactive substances believed to be strontium and cezium were discovered inside the trunk of a taxi at the end of May.
    Police believe the material was destined to be sold and possibly used to make a dirty bomb.
    Two radioactive containers were found inside a car that was parked near a railway station.
    The owner of the car told police that the containers were given to him by unidentified people who asked him to pass them on to someone who would approach the car near the station.
    "We are investigating the situation. At the moment we know that the aim was to take it abroad and sell," Givi Mgembrishvili, an Interior Ministry official told a newsconference on Monday (June 16).
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