Press Releases & Updates 2001
22nd October 2001
Faslane Security Breached Again
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Faslane staff told a Belgium-based peace campaigner wandering inside the
nuclear submarine base during today’s blockade to "go away."
The base was supposed to be on a high security status because of the mass
protest of over 1,000 people demonstrating against Trident nuclear weapons.
But as police arrested around 170 people sitting in the roads outside,
David Heller (25), of the For Mother Earth group, cut through the base
perimeter fence and reached a ’sentry box’ near the submarine berth.
David said that personnel there showed no interest in him when he knocked
on their door and he was only arrested by Ministry of Defence police after
approaching another sentry box.
"I cut through the fence and the razor wire and walked down past a number
of uniform and civilian personnel and was not challenged at all," David said.
"I was right down at the sentry box type cabin at the end of a gangplank
going over to one of the submarines. When I knocked they waved me away so I
went to the next one but was arrested there."
David has been charged with breaching the bye-laws that apply to the base.
His exploration of the base is the latest in a series of embarrassing
security lapses at the submarine base. This year peace activists have swum
to the Trident submarines inside their high security on several occasions.
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