29 Pounds of Uranium Are Seized in Bogota
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From Times Wire Reports
Colombian soldiers and police seized 29.7 pounds of uranium from two people trying to secretly sell the radioactive metal in Bogota, the capital, the army said.
The news release gave no details about the uranium and did not say whether it would be suitable for making weapons.
A man and a woman were arrested in the raid last week, but local television reported they had been freed because possession of uranium is not a crime in Colombia.
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