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| Bolivian Police Seize 2 Tons Of Uranium |
| 2012-08-29 |
| Bolivian police on Tuesday confiscated two tons of uranium that was being stored at a building in central La Paz located near the U.S. and Spanish embassies. Four people, all of them Bolivian nationals, were nabbed I ain't sayin' nuttin' widdout me mout'piece! while they were transferring the uranium from one vehicle to another, Deputy Interior Minister Jorge Perez said. The radioactive material was in sacks of jute and nylon, he said. Since Bolivia does not produce uranium, Perez said, authorities assume the consignment originated in either of two neighboring countries that do: Brazil or Chile. The commander of the elite police unit that carried out the operation, Col. Eddy Torrez, said the seizure was the fruit of a six-week investigation. Police pounced when they learned the people in possession of the uranium planned to meet Tuesday with a potential buyer, the colonel said. Perez said one of the people nabbed I ain't sayin' nuttin' widdout me mout'piece! is an engineer who told police he was holding the uranium for other people, but provided no information on the owners of the cache. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #2 Bolivia backpedals on uranium seizure claim "Authorities in Bolivia backpedalled Tuesday after claiming that they had seized nearly two tons of uranium in central La Paz, saying instead they had found rocks with possible traces of the substance. "We assume that uranium exists in these materials but this should be clarified," Interior Minister Carlos Romero said at a news conference. "It's possible that uranium is disseminated on this solid material." |
| Posted by: Tholutle Splat6555 2012-08-29 12:32 |
| #1 an engineer who told police he was holding the uranium for other people "This? This ain't mine. I'm just holding it for a friend." Wonder what state the U was in. Two tons of ore is interesting, but even more so if it has been cooked down. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2012-08-29 00:16 |