Borras anti-fracking camp eviction & new camp (Wrexham, Wales)

27/11/14 — camp evic­tion:

Bailiffs have arrived a tBor­ras & Holt Pro­tec­tion Camp which has been under threat of evic­tion for sev­er­al days.

Police have also blocked off road access to the anti-frack­ing camp.

Bor­ras Road near Wrex­ham has been blocked since 9am, with the police report­ed to have arrived on site at 8.30am.

Locals also turned up to sup­port pro­test­ers this morn­ing express­ing fur­ther seri­ous con­cerns over the envi­ron­men­tal impact of uncon­ven­tion­al under­ground gas extrac­tion. About 13 police offi­cers were by the camp, mon­i­tor­ing pro­ceed­ings while Baliffs got to work dis­man­tling the struc­tures.

At one point, a ‘Legal Observ­er’ tried to get over the fence into the camp on a num­ber of occa­sions but was man-han­dled back over the gate by Baliffs. Even­tu­al­ly he was led away by police and arrest­ed for Breach of the Peace.

After about 5 hours, all pro­tec­tors were removed from the camp, and a new one was set up across the road!