British police arrest man on terrorism charges after uranium is found in package at London airport - Fox News

Police successful the United Kingdom arrested a antheral connected coercion charges Saturday aft hint amounts of uranium were discovered successful a cargo bundle astatine Heathrow Airport successful London 2 weeks ago. 

The suspect, a antheral successful his 60s whose individuality has not been released, was arrested astatine a location successful northwestern England. He was booked astatine a constabulary station and released connected bail today. 

Trace amounts of uranium were recovered successful a bundle astatine Heathrow Airport successful London connected Dec. 29, 2022.  (iStock)

"The find of what was a precise tiny amount of uranium wrong a bundle astatine Heathrow Airport is intelligibly of concern, but it shows the effectiveness of the procedures and checks successful spot with our partners to observe this benignant of material," Richard Smith, the caput of the Metropolitan Police Service's Counter-Terrorism Command, said successful a connection connected Sunday. 

"I privation to beryllium wide that contempt making this arrest, and based connected what we presently know, this incidental inactive does not look to beryllium linked to immoderate nonstop menace to the public."

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The UK's Border Force primitively detected a "very tiny magnitude of uranium" successful a cargo bundle containing scrap metallic during a regular screening astatine Heathrow Airport connected Dec. 29. 

British constabulary emphasized that determination is nary ‘direct menace to the public.’ (AP Photo/Max Duncan)

A hunt of the suspect's location code did not crook up immoderate worldly that could beryllium a menace to the public, according to police. 

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The bundle arrived astatine Heathrow Airport connected a rider formation from Oman, The Guardian reports. It was bound for an "Iranian concern with premises successful the UK," according to the British newspaper.