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| Sunday Mirror man one of two held in Elveden pay probe | Sunday Mirror man one of two held in Elveden pay probe |
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| Detectives investigating corrupt payments have arrested two journalists, including Sunday Mirror crime reporter Justin Penrose. | 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. |
| Mr Penrose, 37, was arrested at his home in Kent and a 34-year-old man 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 separate police stations. | The men are being questioned at separate police stations. |
| Some 41 people have been arrested as part of Operation Elveden, which is being run in conjunction with 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 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)." | "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)." |
| A statement from Trinity Mirror - the company that publishes the Sunday Mirror - confirmed the arrest of Mr Penrose and said: "We are cooperating fully with the police." | |
| 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. | 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. | A prison officer, 46, and a 50-year-old woman were also held. |