1977 Press Photo Custom Man Searching Merchant Ship Crail Illicit Cargo

Mystery of Merchant ship "Crail". The Mystery of the cargo of the "Crail" was not nearer solution when custom men began searching her hold of timber for a suspected illicit cargo which speculators had put at anything form guns to Plutonium. The Mystery surrounding the Crail has been on since 1975 . Last year the cargo of timber loaded at Brandamo. Sweden, where according to Captain Brooks, a large amount of plutonium was missing from a government laboratory . A complete search of the ship is now in progress and if cleared will be released by the customs.

Photo measures 9.5 x 7 inches.

Photo is dated 7-26-1977.

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