BEIRUT: State Prosecutor Samir Hammoud Tuesday ordered an investigation into imported radioactive goods recently discovered at the Beirut port and airport.
A judicial source told The Daily Star Hammoud tasked Magistrate Sabbouh Sleiman with investigating customs’ negligence to “immediately inform” the public prosecutor’s office about the presence of radioactive material at Rafik Hariri International Airport and the Beirut sea port.
Khalil Monday revealed that dangerous radioactive components had been found in industrial and kitchen items recently seized at the Beirut port and airport.
Khalil has vowed to hold the importers accountable.
"This case will be referred for investigation and the importing companies will be held accountable and we will also [investigate] other companies to find out whether this similar material had been previously imported,” he told a news conference from Beirut port Monday.
Khalil said such radioactive component lasts more than 85 years.
“We are facing a problem that cannot be solved in a day or two," he lamented, while pointing to the cheap import of “some” goods from India.
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