Mexico City, April 23 (IANS): A metal case filled with radioactive material that was stolen last week has been recovered in Mexico's southeastern state of Tabasco.
Stored in a lead-reinforced case, the Iridium-192 was reportedly stolen from a truck on April 13 in the city of Cardenas, Xinhua reported on Thursday.
The material is used in mobile medical or industrial radiography.
"For everyone's peace of mind, I report that the case of iridium has been recovered," Governor Arturo Nunez Jimenez tweeted on Wednesday.
Tabasco's public security ministry reported the case was found abandoned under a bridge, but did not say the exact location, or whether any suspects had been arrested, Mexico's La Jornada daily reported.
Last year, radioactive material was reported stolen in Mexico on at least three separate occasions.