Police Seize 375 Pounds of Radioactive Materials

Ukrainian police and state security agents seized nearly 375 pounds of a radioactive material seen as a likely ingredient for a “dirty bomb” and arrested three people, authorities said.

In addition to seizing the two containers of cesium-137, officers arrested three men from the city of Simferopol, police spokesman Yuriy Kondratyev said.

Cesium-137 is considered a likely ingredient for a so-called dirty bomb, in which conventional explosives are combined with radioactive material. Exposure to it can cause blood diseases, sterility and birth defects.