Kubikwa ukuthi umkhumbi owawungcoliswe yi-uranium ubanjwe eLondon Isikhumulo sezindiza i-Heathrow.
Ngokusho kwe-Metropolitan Police yaseLondon, "inani elincane kakhulu lezinto ezingcolile" zihlonzwe amaphoyisa aseBorder Force ngesikhathi sokuhlolwa okujwayelekile.
Lesi sigameko sabikwa okokuqala yiphephabhuku laseBrithani iThe Sun. ILANGA lithi ukushaqwa "kokuthunyelwa okubulalayo" okuvela ePakistan futhi kwathunyelwa nge-Oman kusizwe sase-Iranian e-UK, bekufana "netulo le-nuke" elibhidliziwe, okwenze uphenyo lwamaphoyisa aseBrithani aphikisana nobushokobezi.
Akukacaci nokho, ukuthi leli phakethe belihloselwe “ibhomu elingcolile” noma inqwaba yezilahliwe.
Umbiko wokuqala we-tabloid wasusa isiphithiphithi sabezindaba e i-United Kingdom, “nowayengumkhuzi wezikhali zenuzi” ecashunwa ethi le nto yayingase “isetshenziswe ebhomuni elingcolile,” futhi omunye “owayengumphathi wamasosha” ethi yayingase ihloselwe ukusetshenziswa “ecebweni lokubulala.”
I-Daily Mail ithe abaphenyi balandela inguqulo "yebhomu elingcolile", kanti i-Daily Express ichaze lesi sigameko "njengesomile" sokwakha ibhomu langempela, icaphuna "uchwepheshe wezokuphepha" ongaziwa.
Nokho, i-BBC yabika ukuthi i-uranium yatholakala emkhunjini “wensimbi eyisicucu,” nokuthi yayingaphelela lapho ngenxa “yokungaphathwa kahle.”
Umkhuzi uRichard Smith womnyango wokulwa namaphekula kwaMet uthe leli phakethe “alibonakali lihlobene nanoma yikuphi usongo oluqondile,” futhi “lihlolwe ochwepheshe njengelingelona usongo emphakathini.”
NgokukaSmith, abukho ubufakazi banoma yiziphi izimangalo ezingalawuleki zamaphepha ephephandaba kazwelonke, nokuthi okuwukuphela kwento isigameko esifakazele ukuthi inqubo yokuhlola esikhumulweni sezindiza saseLondon iHeathrow yasebenza ngendlela efanele.