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| Ex-News of the World staff held over 'phone-hacking' | |
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| Six journalists from the now defunct News of the World have been arrested by police investigating allegations of phone-hacking at the newspaper. | |
| Scotland Yard said three men and three women were held in London and Cheshire. | Scotland Yard said three men and three women were held in London and Cheshire. |
| It said its Operation Weeting investigation had "identified a further suspected conspiracy to intercept telephone voicemails". | It said its Operation Weeting investigation had "identified a further suspected conspiracy to intercept telephone voicemails". |
| Police said the case relates to 2005-2006 and was separate from its earlier inquiry which has seen charges laid. | Police said the case relates to 2005-2006 and was separate from its earlier inquiry which has seen charges laid. |
| Two men aged 45 and 46 were arrested in Wandsworth, while a 39-year-old man was held in Greenwich. | |
| The three women arrested were a 39-year-old detained in Cheshire, a 33-year-old in Islington, and a 40-year-old in Lambeth. | |
| They were being questioned on suspicion of conspiracy to intercept telephone communications contrary to the Criminal Law Act 1997. | |
| The News of the World was closed down by its publisher News International in 2011 following the outrage over hundreds of cases of phone hacking. | |
| News International has confirmed that two of the latest arrests relate to people currently working for its Sun newspaper. A spokesman said that he did not believe the other four people are employed on News International titles. | |
| In a statement, the Metropolitan Police said all the suspects had worked for the News of the World. | |
| It added: "In due course officers will be making contact with people they believe have been victims of the suspected voicemail interceptions." | |
| Operation Weeting is being run alongside two other Scotland Yard investigations: Operation Elveden, an inquiry into allegations of illegal payments to public officials and Operation Tuleta into computer hacking and other privacy breaches. | |
| There have now been 32 arrests under Operation Weeting. Fifteen people have been charged and four have been told no further action is to be taken against them. |