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| Operation Elveden: Four held in police payment probe | Operation Elveden: Four held in police payment probe |
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| Four people, including a police officer, have been arrested by officers investigating payments to police by journalists. | Four people, including a police officer, have been arrested by officers investigating payments to police by journalists. |
| Scotland Yard said the men, aged 29 to 56, were arrested at addresses in London and Essex earlier. | Scotland Yard said the men, aged 29 to 56, were arrested at addresses in London and Essex earlier. |
| The 29-year-old, a serving officer in the Metropolitan Police's Territorial Policing Command, was arrested at his work - a central London police station. | The 29-year-old, a serving officer in the Metropolitan Police's Territorial Policing Command, was arrested at his work - a central London police station. |
| Offices at News International in Wapping are currently being searched. | Offices at News International in Wapping are currently being searched. |
| The Met said the arrests, part of Operation Elveden, were prompted by information given to police by News Corporation. | |
| Operation Elveden is supervised by the Independent Police Complaints Commission and is being run in conjunction with Operation Weeting, Scotland Yard's inquiry into phone hacking by the now-closed News of the World. | |
| A spokesman added that Saturday's arrests and searches related to suspected payments to officers and was not about seeking journalists to reveal their sources regarding information obtained legitimately. | |
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| Two men, aged 48 and 56, were arrested at their homes in Essex. A second 48-year-old man was detained at his home in north London. | Two men, aged 48 and 56, were arrested at their homes in Essex. A second 48-year-old man was detained at his home in north London. |
| All three are being questioned on suspicion of corruption under the Prevention of Corruption Act 1906, aiding and abetting misconduct in a public office and conspiracy in relation to both offences. | All three are being questioned on suspicion of corruption under the Prevention of Corruption Act 1906, aiding and abetting misconduct in a public office and conspiracy in relation to both offences. |
| The officer is being held on suspicion of corruption under the Prevention of Corruption Act 1906, misconduct in a public office, as well as conspiracy in relation to both offences. His home is also being searched. | The officer is being held on suspicion of corruption under the Prevention of Corruption Act 1906, misconduct in a public office, as well as conspiracy in relation to both offences. His home is also being searched. |
| Scotland Yard said the searches were expected to continue into Saturday afternoon. | Scotland Yard said the searches were expected to continue into Saturday afternoon. |
| A third inquiry, Operation Tuleta, is investigating allegations of computer hacking which is not covered by Weeting. |