PEACE campaigners urged police yesterday not to make arrests when thousands of protesters blockade Britain’s Trident nuclear submarine base on April 13.

Organiser the Scrap Trident Coalition sent its request to Police Scotland, quoting a precedent set at Burghfield nuclear weapons factory in Berkshire on March 2.

Protesters blockaded the factory for seven hours, but no arrests were made.

“As an indiscriminate weapon of mass destruction the UK’s Trident breaches international humanitarian law,” a Scrap Trident spokesperson explained.

“This means that peacefully and non-violently blocking the entrances to the base is entirely legitimate and lawful.

“Most people in Scotland share our rejection of Trident and would want our police to recognise this.

“Those policing the event have the option of using their discretion and allowing the blockade to proceed unhindered.”