Police arrest man over injecting food at three London supermarkets

Police do not believe the man was part of a group (Jonathan Brady/PA)

A man been arrested over allegedly contaminating supermarket products acted alone, police have said.

Officers in forensic suits were seen in Fulham Palace Road, in west London, on Thursday as three stores – a Tesco Express, Little Waitrose and Sainsbury’s Local – remained closed following reports the 37-year-old suspect was injecting food with needles on Wednesday evening.