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Police have no safe storage facility for dangerous substances:

Mercury leak triggers call for action

PARAMARIBO - The storage of dangerous substances by the police and the justice department requires much improvement. Reports indicate that mercury managed...

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to leak out of cylinders that are stored at the Herman E. Gooding Police Station. This has triggered calls for action and adequate storage facilities. The acting minister of Justice and Safety, Marinus Bee, confirmed the incident and assured that officials are currently looking for a structural solution. The cylinders that contain mercury were seized at Stolkertsijver before being stored at the Narcotics Division. All of the findings will be put in an official report. Meanwhile officials have given the order for the storage room to be kept closed and off limits to personnel. Minister Bee explained that several solutions have been presented and that one of them is aimed at putting the mercury in another shipping container. Meanwhile officials will keep trying to come up with a sustainable solution aimed at storing dangerous substances in a safe manner.