ECO-yobs have blocked the M25 again – with Just Stop Oil protestors forcing the Dartford Tunnel to close after The Sun helped foil their plot yesterday.
On Monday 23 campaigners were nicked after scaling the metal frames, hoping to disrupt journeys for tens of thousands of motorists.
Today the mob have targeted the Dartford Tunnel – as well as at least four other junctions.
The busy tunnel and two lanes have been shut at junction 31 – causing travel chaos at Lakeside during rush hour.
It is thought there are currently delays of at least an hour and five miles of congestion on the approach to the tunnel.
Essex police have also been forced to shut Junction 27 where another yob had scaled the gantry.
Meanwhile, Hertfordshire Police said they was responding to a protest at junction 20 of the M25 near Kings Langley and urged motorists to seek alternative routes.
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And Surrey Police said two protesters had climbed motorway gantries between junctions 8 and 9 and junctions 12 and 13, stopping traffic in both directions on that part of the M25.
Yesterday they glued and locked themselves on to sign structures at 13 locations from 7.30am, having boasted it would be “biggest demonstration in British history”.
But six forces from across the South East created a ring of steel around London’s orbital motorway, used by up to 200,000 motorists every day.
Specialist teams were already in place, including officers with climbing equipment and cherry pickers so any protesters could be quickly removed.
Met Police Assistant Commissioner Matt Twist said the climate change group’s action was further curtailed in its scope by the advance arrests of seven suspected ringleaders after a Sun investigation revealed their plans.
He added: “It could have been a whole lot worse.
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"This was a very significant and coordinated effort to cause massive disruption to the entirety of the M25.”
Suspected mastermind Roger Hallam, 56, was one of three people held on Sunday following our undercover investigation.
A further four people were held in a pre-dawn raid at an address in South London yesterday.
Those arrested were held under the tougher new offence of conspiracy to cause a public nuisance — punishable by up to ten years’ in jail.
It comes after UK business secretary Grant Shapps said he hopes Just Stop Oil protestors "spend Christmas in prison".
Speaking to LBC's Nick Ferrari he slammed their actions as "unacceptable and illegal".
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It came after National Highways secured an emergency High Court injunction to prevent protesters disrupting the road, acting on The Sun’s information.
The Met Police sprang into action after we infiltrated a meeting on Wednesday and warned the force of the hardline green campaigners’ plot for months of action to stop cars flowing on the M25.
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