German lake searched after poison find

BERLIN: German authorities were searching Western Europe's second largest lake with underwater cameras yesterday after discovering two sunken canisters of herbicide apparently planted to poison water supplies.

The containers were found last Wednesday, three weeks after the local water supply company received an anonymous letter threatening to contaminate Lake Constance, but the discovery was made public only on Sunday.

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The drums were dumped near the inlet of the region's household water supply. A 5,000 EURO reward is offered for leading authorities to arrest the perretrator