Georgia has arrested two men for allegedly attempting to illegally sell weapons-grade uranium, officials in the Caucasus nation said on Thursday.
Counter-intelligence and special operations units detained a Georgian and a foreign national while they were allegedly trying to sell radioactive uranium that “could be used to manufacture explosive devices or carry out terrorist attacks,” the security services said.
The “nuclear material,” described as a “radioactive chemical element emitting alpha and gamma radiation,” was deemed capable of causing mass casualties if weaponised, the agency added.
It said the plot had been “detected and neutralised at an early stage.”
