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Eco warriors are plotting to exploit gaps in Scottish law to wreak havoc at the Cop26 summit in Glasgow, The Daily Mail can reveal.
Around 400 climate activists sized up potential loopholes during a meeting promoted by Extinction Rebellion (XR) earlier this week.
Conspirators noted a recent High Court Injunction banning road blockades does not apply in Scotland – and that officers will be 'overwhelmed' by the scale of the protests.
It was also hinted protesters with charges against their name in England may get a blank canvas across the border as forces 'don't always communicate to each other'.
Around 400 climate activists sized up potential loopholes during a meeting promoted by Extinction Rebellion (XR) earlier this week
It comes amid alarm about the potential for chaos as police brace for the 'most complex policing operation ever seen in Britain'. Pictured: Police at the entrance to Cop26 summit
It comes amid growing alarm within rank-and-file officers about the potential for chaos as police brace for the 'most complex and complicated policing operation ever seen in Britain'.
Hundreds of thousands of protesters from around the world are expected to descend on the two-week summit starting on Sunday.
XR's Scottish spokesman Myke Hall has said ministers should be 'very worried' about their plans to disrupt the event.
Top brass in Scotland have warned Cop26 could prove a magnet for anarchists and believe some extremists could use children as human shields during violent standoffs, a tactic seen during the storming of the Capitol in the US in
