Police seize uranium

ULM German police seized 2

ULM German police seized 2.7 kilograms' (six pounds) of uranium and arrested a 49 year old Slovak national here on suspicion of smuggling radioactive material into the country to resell it, officials in Munich announced.

The public prosecutor's office in Bavaria's main city said the suspect, who was from the Slovak capital, Bratislava, brought the material into the country on May 29th. It was reportedly stored in a bank.

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