Twenty climate activists were arrested after targeting the same Grangemouth refinery last week.
Four climate activists have been arrested following a further protest at the Ineos oil refinery in Grangemouth.Twenty people from the This Is Rigged organisation were arrestedOn that occasion, police officers had to use climbing equipment to bring down protesters who had scaled oil tankers.
Following the latest arrests, Assistant Chief Constable Wendy Middleton said: "Decisions about how to police protests require us to balance complex and often competing rights and issues. "We have a legal duty to protect the rights of people who wish to peacefully protest or counter-protest. "The guiding principles of policing protests are the safety of protesters, the public and police officers involved, preventing criminal behaviour or disorder and deescalating tensions."
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