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Press Releases & Updates 2001
6th June 2001
Peace Activists Disrupt Nuclear Arms Store
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This morning activists caused significant disruption to the work of the
Coulport Arms Depot on Loch Long, where warheads for the UK’s Trident
missiles are stored, by blockading the main entrance to the base.
The blockade, which is part of Faslane Peace Camp’s special Week of Action,
began at 7.37 this morning as five activists locked on to each other and to
the wheel chair of one of the group. It took police until 9.15 to clear the
gateway. The blockade had been timed to prevent day-shift workers entering
the base and a long tail back of traffic quickly developed. At 8 a.m. base
authorities opened a second gateway to allow access but traffic confusion
and snarl-ups persisted.
The five are now in the custody of the Ministry of Defence Police and it is
expected that they will be charged with a breach of the peace. They are:
Roz Bullen (31), an artist from Edinburgh; Alex Cochrane (26) and Amanda
McDonald (20), both from Glasgow, film student Paddy Brown (23) and Tim
Coleman (27), from Faslane Peace Camp.
Campaigners were delighted that they had achieved such an effective
blockade with a relatively small group of activists and in the face of
heightened police surveillance. A spokesperson said: "Tomorrow people will
be voting in the next government. We ask them to consider voting for a
party or a candidate that will rid us of Trident - our appalling weapon of
mass destruction."
Last night two activists were arrested as they cut into the perimeter fence
of the base. The Week of Action continues.
Contact Faslane Peace Camp on 01436 820901
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