Workers traffic tailed back and eventually a subsidiary gate was opened to which police redirected traffic further along the road. It took some time for the MOD cutting team to cut the three free, in the pouring rain, from two steel lock-on tubes using a steel cutting saw. All three were arrested for a breach of the peace and held in HMNB Faslane for a few hours.

One of the activists said, "Only Weapons of Non-Existence have so far been found in Iraq. Meanwhile the UK blatantly stores and loads WMD from here, ready to be used at any time against innocent civilians in any country deemed to be a threat. We ask whose interests are being served here?!"

NEW YEAR ACTION - BREACH OF FASLANE BASE SECURITY.

Earlier in the year on 9th January two activists swam to the boom at HMNB Clyde, Faslane, and shut down the base for three quarters of an hour. Fungus, a Trident Ploughshares pledger and "Cow" Scott, both residents of Faslane Peace Camp, swam in wetsuits to the boom which loops around the Trident sub berth and shiplift.

They were spotted by MOD police on patrol on the land, at which point they scaled a chain which is connected to the boom. They remained there from 6.30am until their arrest at 7.15am. The bandit alarm was set off, and consequently the base was shut down for nearly three quaters of an hour right at the time of shift change, delaying workers entering the base for this time. MOD police had to cut through a security fence to reach the protestors, who were by then very cold. Fungus and Scott were held at Faslane and released around midday.