Overview
- A group of activists descended from a bridge over the A31 near Schermbeck, unfurled a banner and briefly forced police to divert traffic and halt the convoy.
- Officers detained three participants — a 20‑year‑old man, a 30‑year‑old woman and a 37‑year‑old person — and opened criminal proceedings against them.
- Police report the transport resumed and reached the Brennelemente‑Zwischenlager in Ahaus in the early morning after the interruption with officers maintaining continuous protection.
- The action is one episode in a large operation moving Castor casks from Jülich to Ahaus that organizers say involves 152 containers across about 170 kilometers and may continue into 2028.
- The protest underlines activists’ use of climbing and banner tactics to disrupt shipments and signals a likely need for sustained police planning for future transports and local traffic impacts.