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| Operation Elveden: Met police officer arrested over alleged leak | Operation Elveden: Met police officer arrested over alleged leak |
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| A 51-year-old police officer was arrested on Thursday by detectives from Scotland Yeard's Operation Elveden for allegedly leaking confidential information to a newspaper, even though no money is said to have changed hands. | A 51-year-old police officer was arrested on Thursday by detectives from Scotland Yeard's Operation Elveden for allegedly leaking confidential information to a newspaper, even though no money is said to have changed hands. |
| The man, part of the Metropolitan police's territorial policing command in west London, was arrested at about 6am at his home in Wiltshire on suspicion of misconduct in public office. | |
| Scotland Yard said the arrest came about as a result of information it had received from News Corporation's management and standards committee, but indicated he was not being questioned about alleged payment for stories. | Scotland Yard said the arrest came about as a result of information it had received from News Corporation's management and standards committee, but indicated he was not being questioned about alleged payment for stories. |
| "Today's arrest is the result of information provided to police by News Corporation's management and standards committee and it relates to the suspected release of confidential information," the Met said in a statement. "Today's arrest, however, relates to the suspected release of confidential information but not alleged payment." | "Today's arrest is the result of information provided to police by News Corporation's management and standards committee and it relates to the suspected release of confidential information," the Met said in a statement. "Today's arrest, however, relates to the suspected release of confidential information but not alleged payment." |
| This is being seen as a significant new development in the Met's Operation Elveden investigation into alleged illegal payments by journalists to police and other public officials and will raise concerns over the confidentiality of sources for stories. The arrest comes 24 hours after six former News of the World journalists were detained and later bailed in connection with allegations of a new phone-hacking conspiracy. | |
| It brings the number of people arrested by officers working on the three investigations that were prompted by the phone-hacking scandal to 107. | It brings the number of people arrested by officers working on the three investigations that were prompted by the phone-hacking scandal to 107. |