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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 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. 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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