"No risk" during suspected poison incident at Le Truchot

Monday 23 July 2018

The emergency services have dealt with a situation at Le Truchot but Guernsey Police want to reassure the public that no one was at risk.

The situation first arose when a person needed medical attention shortly after 17:00 on Monday 23 July.

A police spokesman said "the emergency services attended a private address in St Peter Port in order to attend an individual who was seeking medical attention. Initial information available to the first responders was such that precautions had to be taken by emergency services as a suspected poison may have been used."

Inspector Karl Zierlinger said "subsequent investigation by the emergency services established that this was not the case and the individual concerned had suffered no harm."

He added that Guernsey Police would like to "reassure the public that the incident is not being treated as serious and no person has been put at risk. There are no concerns regarding public safety following the incident. All Emergency services were stood down by 19:30."