'They found the needle in the haystack': Radioactive capsule that fell off truck found in Australia

The capsule is believed to have fallen off a truck being transported on a freight route on the outskirts of Perth (Department of Fire and Emergency Services via AP)

Authorities in Western Australia have recovered a tiny but dangerous radioactive capsule that fell off a truck while being transported along a 870-mile road last month in what an official said was like finding a needle in a haystack.

Officials said the capsule the size of a pea was found south of Newman on the Great Northern Highway.