At 05:40hrs on Tuesday, 6 September, officers were alerted to a number of protesters who had made their way airside at London City Airport.
Nine people erected a tripod and locked themselves together on the runway.
Officers negotiated with the protestors and specialist officers arrived to ‘unlock’ the protestors.
At approximately 09:30hrs officers started to arrest the protestors. So far seven people have been arrested on suspicion of:
= aggravated trespass
= being unlawfully airside
= breaching London City Airport bylaws
Of those seven, two have been removed from the runway. All those arrested will be taken to east London police stations.
Work continues to remove the remaining protesters from the runway.