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[SOURCE: A CONFIDENTIAL POLICE REPORT]
On May 28, 1994, Illich meets the German cop Boden at rest stop on the highway near the Czech border and hands over a "sample." Laboratory analysis reveals that it is very low enriched uranium (about 4% U-235). This level of enrichment indicates that the sample probably came from a civilian nuclear plant.

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