Two arrested over 'disarming warplanes' at BAE Systems in Warton Published duration 29 January 2017

image copyright Sam Walton and Rev Dan Woodhouse image caption Sam Walton is a Quaker and Rev Dan Woodhouse is a Methodist minister

Two people have been arrested in Lancashire after allegedly trying to disarm warplanes bound for Saudi Arabia.

The Rev Dan Woodhouse, a Methodist minister in Leeds and Sam Walton, a Quaker, are accused of entering the BAE Systems site in Warton to disarm planes.

Police said they were being held on suspicion of criminal damage.

In a statement, Mr Woodhouse said stopping warplanes "would save lives".

image caption Two people have been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage

Mr Woodhouse added: "Stopping or even delaying Saudi Arabia having more planes with which to bomb Yemen would save innocent lives and prevent war crimes."