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13/03/2012
Six Arrested In Hacking Investigations
Metropolitan police investigating phone hacking have arrested six people.
Five men and one woman were arrested on suspicion of trying perverting the course of justice early on Tuesday morning in London, Oxfordshire, Hampshire and Hertfordshire by officers fro Operation Weeting.
A spokesman said the arrests were not as a result of information supplied by News Corps but that: "A number of addresses connected to the arrests are being searched.
"Today's operation follows consultation with the Crown Prosecution Service."
The six arrests are the biggest single swoop made by Met officers in its ongoing operation into alleged phone hacking. 23 people have so far been held under Operation Weeting with 2 released without charge.
Five men and one woman were arrested on suspicion of trying perverting the course of justice early on Tuesday morning in London, Oxfordshire, Hampshire and Hertfordshire by officers fro Operation Weeting.
A spokesman said the arrests were not as a result of information supplied by News Corps but that: "A number of addresses connected to the arrests are being searched.
"Today's operation follows consultation with the Crown Prosecution Service."
The six arrests are the biggest single swoop made by Met officers in its ongoing operation into alleged phone hacking. 23 people have so far been held under Operation Weeting with 2 released without charge.
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