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Two journalists arrested in corrupt payments inquiry Sunday Mirror man one of two held in Elveden pay probe
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Two journalists have been arrested in south-east London and Kent by detectives investigating corrupt payments to officials. Detectives investigating corrupt payments have arrested two journalists, including Sunday Mirror crime reporter Justin Penrose.
Officers from Operation Elveden - the Metropolitan Police probe into alleged inappropriate payments to police and public officials - made the arrests.Officers from Operation Elveden - the Metropolitan Police probe into alleged inappropriate payments to police and public officials - made the arrests.
A 37-year-old man was arrested at his home in Kent and a 34-year-old man arrested in south-east London. Mr Penrose, 37, was arrested at his home in Kent and a 34-year-old man in south-east London.
The men are being questioned at police stations in Kent and south-east London. The men are being questioned at separate police stations.
Some 41 people have been arrested as part of Operation Elveden, which is being run alongside Operation Weeting, which is looking into phone hacking.
A spokesman for the Met said: "Today's arrests relate to suspected payments to a public official and are not about seeking journalists to reveal confidential sources in relation to information that has been obtained legitimately.
"A 37-year-old man was arrested at his home in Kent, and a 34-year-old man at his home in south-east London at approximately 06:00 this morning on suspicion of conspiracy to corrupt (contrary to the Prevention of Corruption Act 1906) and of conspiracy to cause misconduct in a public office (contrary to common law)."
On 4 July, former Daily Mirror journalist Greig Box-Turnbull, 37, who worked for the newspaper until March, was one of three people arrested by police investigating corrupt payments.
A prison officer, 46, and a 50-year-old woman were also held.