A total of 27 Just Stop Oil activists were arrested in coordinated raids on Friday morning, police have said.
The arrests took place in London, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Devon, Essex, Manchester, Surrey, Sussex, Norfolk and West Yorkshire on suspicion of planning to disrupt airports this summer.It comes after six members of the group, some described as being ‘key organisers’ were arrested in Hackney, in east London last night.They were at an event at Haggerston Community Centre, promoted by Just Stop Oil as: ‘From Roads to Runways – A Just Stop Oil Talk’.
Read more: Just Stop Oil ‘key’ organisers arrested by Met Police ahead of plans to disrupt airports over summerRead more: Just Stop Oil activist who targeted Queen's Platinum Jubilee and Pride bailed after 'dirty protest' at Sunak's homeThe number, they said, is likely to be higher as there are other members that they “are struggling to reach”.Home visits are understood to have been made in cities including London, Manchester, Birmingham, Norwich and Oxford.
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