Police stop scavengers taking polluted metal from Chernobyl

Ukrainian police stopped three men who tried to take about a ton of highly radioactive scrap metal from near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.

Sat, 04 May, 2002 - 17:06

Ukrainian police stopped three men who tried to take about a ton of highly radioactive scrap metal from near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.

Police detained the three, all Ukrainian citizens, in the Polissia area near the capital Kiev, the Interfax news agency said.

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