Stolen Potentially Deadly Radioactive Material Recovered By Police in Mexico City Agence France-Presse
go to original July 6, 2014

Police sealed off a street in Mexico City after dangerous radioactive material was discovered. Authorities have confirmed the iradium 192 was found in a stolen pick-up. (euronews)

The theft of a vehicle containing a potentially deadly radioactive material has briefly raised alarm in Mexico before the container was found with no leak or harm to the population.

The truck, which was transporting deadly iridium-192, a radioactive substance used in making some industrial products, had been stolen on Thursday, federal civil defence officials said.

An official statement said the substance "can be dangerous for human health if removed from its container", even if handled for only a brief time.

The truck was found shortly after it disappeared, but the radioactive material remained missing, National Civil Protection coordinator Luis Felipe Puente posted on his Twitter account.

Mr Puente confirmed a few hours later that the radioactive material had also been located.

The container "was not violated, it contains the material, which was measured," he told Milenio television.

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