17/01/2013

Two Police And Journalist Arrested By Operation Elveden

Three people have been arrested as part of the investigation into inappropriate payments made to police and public officials.

It is understood that two serving police officers and a journalist were arrested at their homes in Hertfordshire and Surrey by officers from Operation Elveden.

Operation Elveden is looking at inappropriate payments made to police and public officials and is running alongside Operation Weeting, the phone-hacking inquiry.

The journalist arrested is reported to be Sun crime reporter Anthony France, the Telegraph has reported.

The arrests have been made in connection with a number of suspected offences dating from between 2004 and 2011, and a number of searches are now underway, police have said.

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