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Moscow police detain man trying to sell 34 kilos of mercury 17:26 | 23/ 05/ 2007 <file:///C:/russia/20070523/65975211-print.html> MOSCOW, May 23 (RIA Novosti) - Police have detained a resident of the town of Biysk, in the Siberian Territory of Altai, as he tried to sell 34 kilos (74 pounds) of mercury in Moscow, a spokeswoman for the federal anti-narcotics service said Wednesday. "The 49-year-old organizer of a network to deliver the dangerous metal was detained after he received payment for the mercury," Maria Lutsenko said. "The confiscated material was worth an estimated one million rubles ($40,000)." She said the Moscow anti-narcotics service learned in April that several Altai residents were seeking buyers for a significant amount of mercury, adding that the potentially hazardous heavy metal was probably stolen from a factory or storage site in the Altai Territory. "Following his arrival in the capital, the man and his companions were placed under surveillance. He was extremely suspicious and changed meeting places with the buyer several times while trying to make sure he was not being followed," Lutsenko said. "He was detained when he finally decided to conclude the transaction." The man was charged with dealing in poisonous materials and faces five years imprisonment if convicted. Police are still trying to determine the identities of the other members of the ring, as well as the source of the mercury. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/