A special commission has begun investigating circumstances of radioactive cargo shipment to the port of Vladivostok, the press service of the Far Eastern customs department told Itar-Tass on Friday.
The commission includes customs officers, experts of the Russian consumers’ rights watchdog, of civil defence and emergency situations units and of the service for environmental, technological and nuclear supervision. On Thursday, customs officers during supervision and control of cargo found two containers, whose ionising radiation level exceeded natural radiation background twenty times.
Under the customs shipping forms the cargo contained concentrated ore delivered from Australia to be shipped to Kazakhstan via the Russian territory. The containers’ owner has not yet provided documents confirming the cargo’s high ionising radiation level. The containers were seized and tugged to a special ground.
http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=11813129&PageNum=0
Machine-guns seized from Woodroffe Avenue home (Ottawa,Canada)
Friday, August 24, 2007
Police from both sides of the river seized 30 firearms and more than 30,000 rounds of ammunition from a Woodroffe Avenue house on Wednesday.
Gatineau police seized 14 restricted and prohibited firearms and more than 30,000 rounds of high-calibre ammunition from the home. As well, the Ottawa police guns and gangs unit and other police officers seized 16 more firearms from the same address. Several of the guns were inoperable. Most were machine-guns, such as an AK-47, UZI, MP-5, STEN, and semi-automatic handguns, and there were a few high-powered long guns.
Sgt. Anthony Costantini of the guns and gangs unit said a Gatineau police investigation -- stemming from charges laid against the suspect during an incident in Quebec several days ago -- led them to his Ontario residence Wednesday. Ottawa police were called in when further firearms were discovered. He could not provide details on the incident, but said the firearms discovered may have been related.
Siva Yogi Shanmugadhasan, 48, of Ottawa, has been charged with firearms and weapons-related charges. He is to appear in court today.
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=cafdf329-8cb5-4dde-b048-037922b6637b&k=98852
That’s interesting, Oorang.
I wonder what the original investigation is about.
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Adding 2 links:
http://www.ottawapolice.ca/en/serving_ottawa/media_room/news.cfm?nr_id=4622
Ottawa Police Service
For Immediate Release: 23/08/2007
“Numerous firearms and ammunition seized from West End home”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:Thursday, August 23, 2007, 10:21 p.m.
(Ottawa) -
NEWS RELEASE SNIPPET: “Charged with firearms and weapons related charges is Siva Yogi Shanmugadhasan age 48 of Ottawa. The investigation is
continuing. He is to appear in court on the 24th of August.”
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stepping back in time...
QUOTE - SNIPPET:
http://www.usdoj.gov/oip/annual_report/1984/received.htm#S
SHANMUGADHASAN, Siva Y. v. DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION, et al.
No. CV 84-0079 PAR (Tx) (C.D. Cal.)
SHANMUGADHASAN, SIVA YOGI v. U.S. ARMS CONTROL, et al.
No. 84-3033 (D. D.C.)