EXPERTS fear cigarettes laced with a lethal radioactive isotope are being smuggled into Scotland
Officials recently seized a batch of counterfeit cigarettes in Poland, which contained Strontium 90, a radioactive isotope produced when atomic weapons explode.
According to reports, there are now fears the toxic cigarettes could end up in Scotland.
Customs officers at Warsaw airport are thought to have found the cigarettes hidden in a container of frozen crabs.
The container is believed to have been packed in Vietnam.
Much of the fake tobacco smuggled into Scotland is made in Vietnam.
Strontium 90 is formed in nuclear reactors or explosions.
Past nuclear weapons tests have left Strontium 90 in the environment, and it is also found in spent fuel rods from nuclear power stations.
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