Upton anti-fracking camp: Arrests made at eviction
- 12 January 2016
- Liverpool
Nine people have been arrested during an operation to remove a group of anti-fracking protesters from a test drilling site.
Campaigners set up camp at Upton, near Chester, in April 2014 to prevent testing by energy company IGas.
In November, they were served with a court order compelling them to leave the site.
Cheshire Police said two men had been arrested for "obstructing police" and another for "obstructing the highway".
A man and woman were arrested for obstructing a high court officer, while another man was arrested for "failing to comply with a Section 35 notice", a spokeswoman said.
Another man was arrested for police assault, another for aggravated trespass.
She added that more than 20 dispersal notices had been issued.
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