Man arrested after suspicious package sent to Covid-19 vaccine plant in Wales

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The Wockhardt pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Wrexham, North Wales, had to be evacuated. Picture: Joe Giddens/PA

Police in Wales have detained a man 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 while the package was investigated.