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title: "Man charged with producing ricin"
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date: "2026-07-30T21:42:27+00:00"
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#  Man charged with producing ricin

 [Zoe Rutherford](#)

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11 June 2026

A man from Greater Manchester, UK, has been charged with producing ricin.

Callum Browne, from Salford, has been charged under the 1996 Chemical Weapons Act with producing a biological toxin and for the attempted production of a psychoactive substance. Browne, 28, will appear at Manchester and Salford Magistrates' Court later.

He was arrested shortly after 20:30 BST on 31 May after police were called to Rowland Street in Salford by North West Ambulance Service staff attending a concern for welfare call, where officers found substances they believed to be potentially hazardous. These were removed and no injuries were reported.

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