Trident Convoy Halted Twice.

The Trident warhead convoy was halted twice by protesters on 19 Novmeber as it passed through Balloch on the shores of Loch Lomond. In spite of a large police escort and the presence of the police helicopter overhead the protesters were able to stand out into the path of the articulated lorries carrying the nuclear weapons and safely bring them to a standstill.

The convoy left AWE Burghfield, where Trident warheads are assembled, on Friday 17 November. It stayed at Albermarle barracks near Newcastle overnight and was tracked up by the M74 through to Stirling and then Balloch by Scottish Nukewatchers. It is heading for RNAD Coulport where the warheads are loaded onto Trident submarines.

As the large convoy arrived at the first roundabout in Balloch two members of Scottish CND stopped it and were arrested. After safety checks it moved off again only to be halted again a few minutes later by five members of Faslane Peace Camp at the Stoneymollan roundabout on the A82. It was stopped for a total of 20 minutes.

There were 7 arrests - four women and three men.

A spokesperson said: 'We are hoping that the High Court in Edinburgh tell the Government that they have to take all these warheads away and dismantle them. Until then, if the MOD continue to deliver them we will continue to get in their way.'