Overview

• On June 16, four activists from the Palestine Action Group scaled the roof of Permoid Industries in Newton Aycliffe, triggering a 12-hour standoff with Durham Constabulary.
• The protest caused extensive damage, including smashed windows and doors, machinery daubed in red paint, graffiti reading “Free Gaza” and “Pal Action,” and holes cut into the structure.
• Durham police deployed drones and extended a cordon across Horndale Avenue Industrial Estate before fire crews used an aerial platform to remove the activists without injury.
• The four individuals were arrested on suspicion of criminal damage and released on bail pending further inquiries on June 18.
• Permoid, which manufactures containers for mortar, shell and belted ammunition, has resumed operations under heightened security as the group alleges its products supply the Israeli military.