10 Arrests At The Great Gas Gala – Day 2

26 July 2013 Frack­ing com­pa­ny Cuadrilla Resources are try­ing to start drilling in Bal­combe, West Sus­sex and the com­mu­ni­ty is try­ing to stop them. Over 250 peo­ple stopped 15 trucks bring on equip­ment yes­ter­day.  See Frack­ing In Bal­combe: A Com­mu­ni­ty Says No for back­ground to issues involved. Scroll down for pho­tos.

Update (3:30pm): Camp out­side site still going strong. Peo­ple stream­ing in but more need­ed. Come down and stay the night if you can!

Update (2:30pm): Meet­ing at camp decid­ed they weren’t going to be intim­i­dat­ed by police thug­gery.

Update (1:50pm): Arrests alleged­ly under Trade Union and Labour Rela­tions Act 1992 – Sec. 241. Appar­ent­ly the frack­ers were being “beset and intim­i­dat­ed” by the com­mu­ni­ty! The peo­ple of Bal­combe would say it was the was the oth­er way round!

Update (1:30pm): Police have to escort tanker past incensed com­mu­ni­ty. Cuadrilla are not wel­come!

Update (1:10pm): Arrest­ed Sus­sex res­i­dents alleged­ly being tak­en to Craw­ley police sta­tion.

Update (12:55pm): Cuadrilla and Police Try­ing Break Block­ade With Heavy Machi­nary

Update (12:50pm): 10 Com­mu­ni­ty Defend­ers Arrest­ed!

Update (12:40pm): Peo­ple are being arrest­ed for pro­tect­ing Sus­sex from frack­ing!

Update (12:30pm): Police try­ing to break com­mu­ni­ty block­ade in Bal­combe. Chil­dren cry­ing! More peo­ple need­ed!

Update (11:30am): Camp is grow­ing and atmos­phere is great. Come on down if you can!

Update (9:45am): Increase in police num­bers at site. More peo­ple here would be use­ful.

Update (9:00am): Com­mu­ni­ty block­ade of site going strong. Camp up and run­ning. Come on down!