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Uranium Discovered at Pawn Shop

    Created: 3/10/2007 1:06:33 PM    Updated: 3/10/2007 1:08:09 PM
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BELLEVIEW, FL -- Investigators in north Florida are trying to figure out how a radioactive material ended up at a pawn shop. A hazardous materials team was called to the Gold Mine pawn shop in Belleview this week.

They found a container with suspicious markings. The capsule was labeled as uranium or yellow cake.

Inside, detectives found one ounce of a processed form of uranium. The pawnshop owner said the box had been in storage for 20 years.

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