Officers arrest 3 climate protestors at Coulport Helensburgh

They were alerted at around 7.30 this morning.

Author: Callum McQuadePublished 13th Jun 2022

Three climate change protestors have been arrested after a demonstration outside RNAD Coulport in Helensburgh this morning.

Around 20 activists arrived outside the nuclear storage facility at 6.45am before the police were called a short while later.

At one point during the protest, five women are said to have poured fake blood on themselves and staged a die-in right in front of the gates blocking one side of the entrance into the base.

A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Officers engaged with a group of individuals carrying out a protest in the Coulport area of Helensburgh which began around 7.30am on Monday, 13 June, 2022.

“Three people have been arrested in connection.

“Police Scotland is a rights-based organisation that puts our values of integrity, fairness, respect and a commitment to upholding human rights at the heart of everything we do.

"We have a duty under the European Convention on Human Rights to protect the rights of people who wish to peacefully protest or counter protest balanced against the rights of the wider community."

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