CBRN event in Gomel Region, Gomel District, Novaya Guta Village area, Belarus on Thu 12th March 2015

12th March 2015

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At the Novaya Guta border checkpoint in Belarus, border guards stopped a car and found it to contain a sports bag with an ionizing radiation source. The source was contained in a height measurement gauge. The car's driver was a citizen of Moldova. Since the discovery of the device, it has been removed for disposal.

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Gomel Region ( Gomel District, Novaya Guta Village area )

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