HOLIDAYMAKERS were caught in huge tailbacks at the Port of Dover after Extinction Rebellion protesters imposed a “blockade” amid a heavy police presence.
Ten people were arrested on suspicion of public order offences. Four of them, including men aged in their 80s and 90s, had staged a sit in at a roundabout.
The climate change activists occupied one side of a dual carriageway and made attempts to block the other side, with lines of HGV lorries at a standstill for about 30 minutes.
Outside of the town protesters were reported to have “superglued” themselves to another section of the A20 and held up cars there.
Protesters also hung giant banners showing the Extinction Rebellion “XR” emblem from Dover Castle and the iconic white cliffs.
One activist on a megaphone announced that a protester in a “mobility scooter” had been arrested.
Chief Superintendent Andy Pritchard, from Kent Police, said disruption from the protest had been “kept to a minimum.”
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