(UK) Anti-GM wheat protest halted by police

[Eugene]

Source: BBC

27 May 2012 Last updated at 16:05 GMT

Anti-GM wheat protest halted by police

Anti-GM protesters who had planned to "decontaminate" a field of modified wheat in Hertfordshire have been stopped from entering by a police line.

The Take the Flour Back group said it failed because the crop in Harpenden, created to deter aphids - a wheat pest - was "hidden behind a fortress".

An order banning protesters from entering the site was issued on Friday.

They say crops could contaminate the surrounding area. Site owner Rothamsted Research says that is highly unlikely.

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Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18224637

[intaglio]

1. 2 guys were arrested at the site

for breach of a control order obtained in advance of the stated intent of criminal damage (and probably trespass.)

The protest still went ahead at a public park, it was just the ripping the crop up that failed, unfortunately.

This is not police oppression.