Press Releases & Updates 2000
19th November 2000
Trident Convoy Halted Twice
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A Trident warhead convoy was halted twice by protesters today as it
passed through Balloch on the shores of Loch Lomond. In spite of a large
police escort and the presence of the police helicopter overhead the
protesters were able to stand out into the path of the articulated lorries
carrying the nuclear weapons and safely bring them to a standstill.
The convoy left AWE Burghfield, where Trident warheads are assembled, on
Friday morning. It stayed at Albermarle barracks near Newcastle last night
and was tracked up the M74 through to Stirling and then Balloch by Scottish
Nukewatchers. It is heading for RNAD Coulport where the warheads are loaded
onto Trident submarines.
As the large convoy arrived at the first roundabout in Balloch two members
of Scottish CND stopped it and were arrested. After safety checks it moved
off again only to be halted again a few minutes later by five members of
Faslane Peace Camp at the Stoneymollan roundabout on the A82. It was
stopped for a total of 20 minutes. There were 7 arrests - four women and three men.
A spokesperson said:
’We are hoping that the High Court in Edinburgh tell the Government that
they have to take all these warheads away and dismantle them. Until then,
if the MOD continue to deliver them we will continue to get in their way.’
Contact: Nukewatch - Jane Tallents 01436 679194 (Photographs available).
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