Heathrow climate change drone protest arrests rise to 18
Police have arrested 18 people believed to be involved in a climate change protest at Heathrow Airport.
Heathrow Pause activists threatened to fly drones in the exclusion zone, but no flight disruption has been reported.Heathrow Pause said one of the arrested - Roger Hallam, an Extinction Rebellion co-founder - was still planning to fly a drone on Saturday.Mr Hallam was released from custody at about 22:00 BST on Friday and that he would be flying the drone at midday"near Heathrow" with the location"to be announced nearer the time".
The Metropolitan Police said that, out of those arrested, five remained in custody on Friday night. The others have been bailed.Heathrow Pause had previously said it intended to fly drones within the 5km exclusion zone around the airport on Friday morning, but the group claimed the airport was using"signal jamming to frustrate" their efforts.The Met Police said a dispersal order at the airport would be effective until early on Sunday morning.
The force made seven pre-emptive arrests on Thursday, including that of Extinction Rebellion co-founder Roger Hallam.
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