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| The Metropolitan police have arrested a 33-year-old serving specialist officer as part of an investigation into allegations of corrupt payments from journalists. | The Metropolitan police have arrested a 33-year-old serving specialist officer as part of an investigation into allegations of corrupt payments from journalists. |
| The man was arrested at 5.45am at his home in Barnet, north London, on suspicion of misconduct in public office. | The man was arrested at 5.45am at his home in Barnet, north London, on suspicion of misconduct in public office. |
| Scotland Yard said the man was a serving officer in the Met's specialist crime and operations command based in central London. | Scotland Yard said the man was a serving officer in the Met's specialist crime and operations command based in central London. |
| The officer is the 59th arrest as part of the Operation Elveden inquiry into inappropriate payments to police and public officials. He is being interviewed at a north London police station and his property is being searched. | The officer is the 59th arrest as part of the Operation Elveden inquiry into inappropriate payments to police and public officials. He is being interviewed at a north London police station and his property is being searched. |
| Scotland Yard said the arrest was as a result of information provided by News Corporation's management and standards committee, which is carrying out an internal review of emails and records at Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper group. | Scotland Yard said the arrest was as a result of information provided by News Corporation's management and standards committee, which is carrying out an internal review of emails and records at Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper group. |
| The force added in a statement: "It relates to suspected payments to a police officer and is not about seeking journalists to reveal confidential sources in relation to information that has been obtained legitimately." | The force added in a statement: "It relates to suspected payments to a police officer and is not about seeking journalists to reveal confidential sources in relation to information that has been obtained legitimately." |
| The arrest follows reports that April Casburn, the former Met detective, will become the first person to be sentenced after being arrested as part of the Operation Elveden inquiry. | |
| Casburn, 53, was found guilty last month of misconduct in public office for offering to sell information to the News of the World. She is due to be sentenced at the Old Bailey on Friday by Mr Justice Fulford, and has been warned that a jail term is likely. | Casburn, 53, was found guilty last month of misconduct in public office for offering to sell information to the News of the World. She is due to be sentenced at the Old Bailey on Friday by Mr Justice Fulford, and has been warned that a jail term is likely. |