Paris - French police have arrested three people and seized five grammes of 80 per cent enriched uranium-235 the weekly Journal du Dimanche reported.
The paper said French ex-prisoner Mr Serge Salfati had been arrested along with two Cameroonians, Mr Yves Ekwella and Mr Raymond Lobe, the latter suspected of being behind a trafficking arrangement in the nuclear material based in eastern Europe. The uranium may be a "sample" intended to interest potential "clients" such as Iran, Iraq, and North Korea.
