A MAN has been charged after a suspicious package was sent to a covid-19 vaccine plant in Wrexham. The bomb disposal squad was sent to Wockhardt plant at Wrexham Industrial Estate earlier this week and the area was cordoned off. North Wales Police said Anthony Collins has been charged and is set to appear in court today. A spokesman said: “Detectives from the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate have charged a man after a suspicious package was sent to a Covid-19 vaccine production plant in Wrexham. The item, which was not a viable device, is reported to have been received at the facility, on the Wrexham Industrial Estate, on the morning of Wednesday 27 January 2021.
First published on Sat 30 Jan 2021 07.54 EST
A man has appeared in court after a suspicious package was sent to a coronavirus vaccine production plant in Wrexham, north Wales.
Staff were forced to evacuate from the Wockhardt site when the package arrived on Wednesday morning, and production at the facility ground to a halt while the package was investigated.
Kent police said it was “not a viable device”, but it appears to have been intended as an explosive.
Anthony Collins, 53, was charged with “dispatching an article by post with the intention of inducing the belief it is likely to explode or ignite”, a spokesman for the force said. The motive behind the incident remains unclear.
Man charged after suspicious package sent to North Wales coronavirus vaccine factory
Anthony Collins is set to appear in court today
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A man has been charged after a suspicious package was sent to a Covid-19 vaccine production plant.
By Press Association 2021
Police at Wockhardt
A man has appeared in court charged with sending a suspicious package to a coronavirus vaccine production site.
All staff had to be evacuated from the Wockhardt site in Wrexham, North Wales, on Wednesday as the package was investigated.
A spokesman for Kent Police said Anthony Collins, of Chatham Hill, Chatham, had been charged with dispatching an article by post with the intention of inducing the belief it was likely to explode or ignite.
Our serious crime detectives have charged a #Chatham man after a suspicious package was sent to a Covid-19 vaccine factory in #Wrexham.
A man has been charged after a suspicious package was sent to a coronavirus vaccine production site. All staff had to be evacuated from the Wockhardt site in Wrexham, North Wales, on Wednesday as the package was investigated. A spokesman for Kent Police said Anthony Collins, of Chatham Hill, Chatham, had been charged with dispatching an article by post with the intention of inducing the belief it is likely to explode or ignite. The 53-year-old was arrested by officers on Thursday morning. He was remanded in custody to appear at Medway Magistrates’ Court on Saturday, the force said. Production ground to a halt at the site on Wednesday as the item, which police said was not a viable device, was investigated.