Animal rights activists involved in bid to shut lab among 30 arrested in raids
· Huntingdon Life campaign leader among those held, extremist crime unit led swoop by 700 police
Sandra Laville, crime correspondent
The Guardian
Leading animal rights activists involved in a bitter campaign to close down a scientific research laboratory were arrested yesterday after a two-year intelligence-led operation involving police forces in the UK and Europe.
Greg Avery, who runs Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (Shac), was among 30 alleged extremists seized from their homes at dawn in a police operation that was overseen by the National Extremist Crime Unit, according to police sources. Thirty-two addresses were raided, including one in Belgium and two in Amsterdam.
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