Boris Johnson says he had defense officials devise a plan to steal AstraZeneca vaccines from a Dutch plant during the Covid-19 pandemic
Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said he gathered defense officials to plan a clandestine operation in the Netherlands to steal Covid-19 vaccines amid a UK-EU dispute in 2021.
The factory was holding approximately 5 million Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine doses manufactured by subcontractors at the Dutch Halix plant. The EU was refusing to send them to the UK, citing the needs of its citizens.
British defense officials convened in Downing Street to outline a potential “feasible” plan but warned of possible diplomatic fallout, according to an extract from Johnson’s memoirs published by the Daily Mail on Saturday.
One team would take a commercial flight to Amsterdam, while a second would set out at night across the English Channel in small boats, navigating up the Dutch canals toward the plant. They would rendezvous to “secure the hostage goods” and leave via a cargo truck headed for the Channel ports. Johnson noted that the defense officials cautioned him that achieving this undetected would be nearly impossible during the height of the lockdowns.
Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said he gathered defense officials to plan a clandestine operation in the Netherlands to steal Covid-19 vaccines amid a UK-EU dispute in 2021.
The factory was holding approximately 5 million Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine doses manufactured by subcontractors at the Dutch Halix plant. The EU was refusing to send them to the UK, citing the needs of its citizens.
British defense officials convened in Downing Street to outline a potential “feasible” plan but warned of possible diplomatic fallout, according to an extract from Johnson’s memoirs published by the Daily Mail on Saturday.
One team would take a commercial flight to Amsterdam, while a second would set out at night across the English Channel in small boats, navigating up the Dutch canals toward the plant. They would rendezvous to “secure the hostage goods” and leave via a cargo truck headed for the Channel ports. Johnson noted that the defense officials cautioned him that achieving this undetected would be nearly impossible during the height of the lockdowns.
