Somewhere between Toronto and Ebenezer Road in Brampton, a bright yellow container with a nuclear gauge inside has disappeared.

Toronto police are warning the missing nuclear gauge could be harmful “with prolonged exposure” and they are asking for help locating it.

Police say the container was in the back of a pickup truck on Wednesday, May 17. The truck travelled from the Dixon Road and Carlingview Drive area of Toronto to Ebenezer Road in Brampton between 6 a.m. and 7 a.m. The truck made numerous stops in Toronto and Brampton. The loss of the container and gauge was noticed on Ebenezer Road.

Anyone with information is asked to call police at 416-808-2300.