Man arrested over paraglider protest at Trump’s golf course in Scotland

July 15, 2018 04:32 pm | Updated 04:32 pm IST - TURNBERRY (Scotland):

A 55 year-old man has been arrested following a protest at U.S. President Donald Trump's golf course in Scotland on Friday, Scottish police said, after a an activist used a powered parachute to get within a few hundred yards of the president.

“Police Scotland can confirm that a 55-year-old man has been arrested in connection with an incident when a powered parachute was flown in the vicinity of the Turnberry Hotel around 9.45 pm on Friday,” a police statement said.

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