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Britain Steps up Security at Entry Points

Customs officers in Britain are to be provided with new detection equipment in an effort to stop terrorists bringing in material for a radioactive bomb, BBC reported on Wednesday.

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Customs officers in Britain are to be provided with new detection equipment in an effort to stop terrorists bringing in material for a radioactive bomb, BBC reported on Wednesday.

The equipment, which is able to detect radioactivity, will be made available to customs officers at any port or airport -- potentially 1,000 locations.

Equipment which detects radioactive material has been on trial at the port of Dover for the past six months, checking cars and lorries, British police said.

Meanwhile, police have played down newspaper reports that al-Qaeda planned to drive fuel tankers, stuffed with plastic explosives, into the United Kingdom.

"There is no specific intelligence of places, events or people in the UK that would lead us at the moment to issue specific warnings to the public," said a Scotland Yard spokesman.

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