8/27/2021- 9:15 a.m.
London – Leoaai Elghareeb, 37, man after products were injected with syringes in a few London supermarkets.
British police said Leoaai Elghareeb would appear in court Friday on a charge of contaminating or interfering with goods.
Elghareeb was arrested after a man entered three supermarkets in west London’s Hammersmith area on Wednesday and “injected an unknown substance into a number of food and non-food products,” police said.
The force advised customers who had bought products at the stores on Wednesday evening to throw them away.
Police said the motive was so far unknown but “there is no evidence the man was working as part of a group.”
Officers were called at around 7.40pm after the man was reported to be shouting abuse at people in the street, the council said.
He has been taken into police custody and the supermarkets have been closed as crime scenes were put in place.
It is currently unknown how many items have been contaminated or with what substance, though the affected items are believed to be processed meat and microwaveable products.
The council’s environmental health team are now working with the supermarket branches affected.
