Anti-terrorist police are investigating after a quantity of uranium was reportedly found on a flight that arrived at Heathrow airport over the Christmas period.
The radioactive material, which can be used for bomb-making, was found during a routine screening on 29 December when the flight arrived from Muscat.
The Guardian reports the package originated in Pakistan and was en-route to an Iranian business in the UK.
The Metropolitan Police told the paper the amount of contaminated material discovered was “extremely small” and posed no threat to the public.
No arrests have been made.
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