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| Sun journalist arrested in Operation Tuleta investigation into stolen phones | Sun journalist arrested in Operation Tuleta investigation into stolen phones |
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| A 37-year-old Sun journalist has been arrested by Metropolitan police detectives investigating alleged criminal breaches of privacy. | A 37-year-old Sun journalist has been arrested by Metropolitan police detectives investigating alleged criminal breaches of privacy. |
| The man was arrested on Tuesday morning on suspicion of handling stolen goods. A News International spokeswoman confirmed that he was a Sun journalist. | The man was arrested on Tuesday morning on suspicion of handling stolen goods. A News International spokeswoman confirmed that he was a Sun journalist. |
| He becomes the ninth person held by Scotland Yard's Operation Tuleta investigation and the third journalist held on suspicion of handling stolen goods. | He becomes the ninth person held by Scotland Yard's Operation Tuleta investigation and the third journalist held on suspicion of handling stolen goods. |
| The Metropolitan police said in a statement: "The arrest relates to a suspected conspiracy involving the gathering of data from stolen mobile phones and is not about seeking journalists to reveal confidential sources in relation to information that has been obtained legitimately." | The Metropolitan police said in a statement: "The arrest relates to a suspected conspiracy involving the gathering of data from stolen mobile phones and is not about seeking journalists to reveal confidential sources in relation to information that has been obtained legitimately." |
| The man was arrested by appointment at an east London police station, Scotland Yard said. | The man was arrested by appointment at an east London police station, Scotland Yard said. |
| Yesterday the Sun's chief foreign correspondent, Nick Parker, was arrested on suspicion of handling stolen goods, and the paper's news reporter Rhodri Phillips was held earlier this month on the same grounds. | Yesterday the Sun's chief foreign correspondent, Nick Parker, was arrested on suspicion of handling stolen goods, and the paper's news reporter Rhodri Phillips was held earlier this month on the same grounds. |
| Operation Tuleta is the Met investigation into alleged computer hacking and other criminal breaches of privacy not covered by the two other parallel probes, Operation Weeting, into phone hacking, and Operation Elveden, into illegal payments to public officials. | Operation Tuleta is the Met investigation into alleged computer hacking and other criminal breaches of privacy not covered by the two other parallel probes, Operation Weeting, into phone hacking, and Operation Elveden, into illegal payments to public officials. |
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