NUCLEAR cargo flown into the UK on a passenger jet was stashed among scrap metals.
Yesterday Scotland Yard’s head of counter-terrorism pledged to “follow every avenue” to find out who was behind the plot — exclusively revealed by The Sun.
The uranium, feared to be destined for a dirty bomb or assassination bid, was spotted during radiation checks of cargo at Heathrow on December 29.
The shipment, originating from Pakistan, was put on an Oman Air flight for delivery to Iranians based here.
Security services and police are now in a race against time to identify the intended recipients.
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Met Commander Richard Smith told the London Assembly: “We will follow every avenue to see what the background to this was and satisfy ourselves that there’s no further threat.”
He said there was currently no public health risk. Police said no arrests have been made so far.
Pakistan’s High Commission is in contact with authorities back home, but said it was not aware of any further details of the suspected plot.
Meanwhile, former Army chief Chip Chapman said the uranium could have been used for an assassination similar to that of Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko, 44, in 2006.
He died three weeks after his tea was spiked with radioactive isotope polonium-210 during a London hotel meeting with two Russian spooks.
Mr Chapman told TimesRadio the recipients could have been a front for the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, which has carried out similar plots abroad.
He added: “This could be something as simple as dangerous air cargo but it could be more malign. So for example we know there is the Iranian revolution.
"And it could have been that where this was going to go is a front for the IRGC Quds force — Quds meaning Jerusalem.”
