Arrest after suspect package sent to Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine plant
Man, 53, arrested after suspicious package sent to a Covid-19 vaccine plant in North Wales
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Updated: Thu 28th Jan
53 year old man from Chatham detained after suspicious package sent to Covid-19 vaccine factory on Wrexham Industrial Estate
Kent Police have detained a man after a suspicious package was sent to the Wockhardt Covid-19 vaccine production plant on the Industrial Estate yesterday.
The suspicious package is reported to have been received at the facility yesterday morning prompting a large emergency service response.
As part of ongoing enquiries, which are being carried out by the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate, pre-planned warrants took place at addresses in Luton Road and Chatham Hill, Chatham, earlier today.
A 53-year-old man from Chatham has been arrested on suspicion of sending the packages and remains in custody as enquiries continue.
Bomb scare at Covid vaccine factory in Wrexham leads to arrest of Chatham man suspected of sending suspicious package
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Updated: 17:05, 28 January 2021
A Kent man has been arrested after a suspicious package was sent to a Covid vaccine factory forcing the plant to be evacuated.
The 53-year-old from Chatham is being questioned after raids were carried out at two addresses in the town this morning.
Bomb squad soldiers and police were called to the Wockhardt factory in Wrexham where Covid vaccines are put into vials after a suspicious package was sent there. Picture: 11 Explosive Ordnance Disposal and Search Regiment Royal Logistics Corps/MoD
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