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| Operation Elveden police make two arrests | Operation Elveden police make two arrests |
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| Scotland Yard has arrested two more people in relation to its investigation into alleged payments to public officials by journalists. | Scotland Yard has arrested two more people in relation to its investigation into alleged payments to public officials by journalists. |
| A 37-year-old former prison officer has been detained in in Wales following his arrest at 6am on Tuesday in West Glamorgan on suspicion of committing misconduct in a public office, while a 36-year-old woman was arrested in Tower Hamlets in London. | A 37-year-old former prison officer has been detained in in Wales following his arrest at 6am on Tuesday in West Glamorgan on suspicion of committing misconduct in a public office, while a 36-year-old woman was arrested in Tower Hamlets in London. |
| She has been detained on suspicion of committing misconduct in public office and of suspected money laundering contrary to the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002. The police have not identified her job but confirmed she is not a journalist. | She has been detained on suspicion of committing misconduct in public office and of suspected money laundering contrary to the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002. The police have not identified her job but confirmed she is not a journalist. |
| Scotland Yard said the two people arrested were bailed before lunchtime. | |
| Tuesday's arrests bring the number of people, many of them journalists, arrested as part of Scotland Yard's Operation Elveden to 64. | Tuesday's arrests bring the number of people, many of them journalists, arrested as part of Scotland Yard's Operation Elveden to 64. |
| The police inquiry was set up in 2011 and is running in conjunction with Operation Weeting, Scotland Yard's investigation into phone hacking. | |
| So far more than 20 current or former Sun executives and journalists have been arrested. Four have been charged while one, the crime editor Mike Sullivan, has been cleared and told he faces no further action. | So far more than 20 current or former Sun executives and journalists have been arrested. Four have been charged while one, the crime editor Mike Sullivan, has been cleared and told he faces no further action. |
| The remainder of the arrests have been public officials. A pharmacy assistant who worked at Sandhurst military college has also been arrested and charged. | The remainder of the arrests have been public officials. A pharmacy assistant who worked at Sandhurst military college has also been arrested and charged. |
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