"Extraordinary Level of Demand" on Wiltshire Police

Angus Macpherson stated that he had spoken with Police Services Minister Nick Hurd to ensure that the "number of extraordinary requests" in Amesbury and Salisbury was high. .

Comments were made shortly before police blocked a road to Salisbury after a man would have been sick.

Officers later said that there was "no concern" for human health

They added that there was no no longer "greater risk to the public".

million. Macpherson said the forces' resources across the country were also stretched by the US Presidential visit, the Royal International Air Tattoo and the big summer events. He stated that Mr. Hurd had reassured him "the current approach of the police cordonons, in connection with the major incidents underway in Amesbury and Salisbury, is being revised to help me to ensure that police services more widely across Wiltshire and Swindon remain unchanged. "

"The Wiltshire police have received great support from almost every county police force since the first major incident reported in March," he added.

"I can not be more grateful to the Chief of Police and the support of these forces, however, with more and more days of rest being canceled and vacation leave requests put on hold, we must now explore a different approach. "

Police encircled Castle Street in Salisbury around 6:20 pm on Thursday after a man in his thirties would have been ill near the Zizzi restaurant where the former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia had dinner before falling sick.

It was reopened just after 21:00 BST.

On Twitter, Salisbury police said that the man had been taken to Salisbury District Hospital and "fully evaluated by the medical staff."

The initial response to the incident may have seemed alarming, but we hope you understand why we needed to take this precautionary step, "they added.

"We thank you all for your patience and understanding.

Earlier, a witness, who asked not to be named, said that the man involved was a "homeless local" who was "sitting on the floor, fully conscious, speaking".

He said he saw a paramedic a chemical suit while another "shouted to the man to stay put and stay on the ground".

The Skripals were discovered unconscious on a bench in March after being poisoned with Novichok's neurotoxic agent