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Operation Elveden: police arrest ex-Met officer after News Corp information Operation Elveden: police arrest ex-Met officer after News Corp information
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A retired former Scotland Yard detective has been arrested by police investigating inappropriate payments by journalists. A retired former Scotland Yard detective has been arrested by police in connection with inappropriate payments by journalists.
The 57-year-old former police officer was arrested at his home in Surrey on Thursday morning on suspicion of misconduct in public office.The 57-year-old former police officer was arrested at his home in Surrey on Thursday morning on suspicion of misconduct in public office.
Scotland Yard said the man was arrested by detectives from Operation Elveden following information provided by News Corporation's management and standards committee.Scotland Yard said the man was arrested by detectives from Operation Elveden following information provided by News Corporation's management and standards committee.
The man, a former Metropolitan police special operations detective, becomes the 27th arrest by the Operation Elveden probe into illicit payments by journalists.The man, a former Metropolitan police special operations detective, becomes the 27th arrest by the Operation Elveden probe into illicit payments by journalists.
Scotland Yard said the man was being questioned at a south-west London police station and his home was being searched. Scotland Yard said the man was being questioned at a south-west London police station and his home was being searched. He becomes the fourth serving or retired police officer to be arrested under Operation Elveden.
A spokesman for Scotland Yard said the former police officer was not involved in the original 2006 investigation into phone hacking by journalists at the News of the World.
The Met said in a statement: "Police have today arrested a former police officer at a private address in Surrey. The arrest was made at approximately 06:30 this morning by officers from Operation Elveden, the MPS investigation into allegations of inappropriate payments to police and public officials.The Met said in a statement: "Police have today arrested a former police officer at a private address in Surrey. The arrest was made at approximately 06:30 this morning by officers from Operation Elveden, the MPS investigation into allegations of inappropriate payments to police and public officials.
"Operation Elveden is being supervised by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) and is being run in conjunction with Operation Weeting, the MPS inquiry into the phone-hacking of voicemail boxes."Operation Elveden is being supervised by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) and is being run in conjunction with Operation Weeting, the MPS inquiry into the phone-hacking of voicemail boxes.
"Today's arrest is the result of information provided to police by News Corporation's Management Standards Committee. It relates to suspected payments to a former police officer and is not about seeking journalists to reveal confidential sources in relation to information that has been obtained legitimately.""Today's arrest is the result of information provided to police by News Corporation's Management Standards Committee. It relates to suspected payments to a former police officer and is not about seeking journalists to reveal confidential sources in relation to information that has been obtained legitimately."
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