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| Operation Weeting: four arrests over alleged Sunday Mirror phone hacking | Operation Weeting: four arrests over alleged Sunday Mirror phone hacking |
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| Four current or former Mirror Group Newspapers journalists, thought to have worked at the Sunday Mirror between 2003 and 2004, have been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to intercept telephone messages. | Four current or former Mirror Group Newspapers journalists, thought to have worked at the Sunday Mirror between 2003 and 2004, have been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to intercept telephone messages. |
| Detectives from the Metropolitan police arrested three men and a woman in what it alleged was a "separate conspiracy" to the phone-hacking scandal at the News of the World. | Detectives from the Metropolitan police arrested three men and a woman in what it alleged was a "separate conspiracy" to the phone-hacking scandal at the News of the World. |
| The four were all held in dawn raid arrests across London on Thursday and are being interviewed at police stations across the capital. | The four were all held in dawn raid arrests across London on Thursday and are being interviewed at police stations across the capital. |
| The arrests were of a 40-year-old man in south-east London, a 47-year-old woman in south-west London, a 49-year-old man in south-west London, and a 46-year-old man in south-west London. | The arrests were of a 40-year-old man in south-east London, a 47-year-old woman in south-west London, a 49-year-old man in south-west London, and a 46-year-old man in south-west London. |
| Scotland Yard said in a statement: "Detectives on Operation Weeting have identified and are investigating a suspected conspiracy to intercept telephone voicemails at Mirror Group Newspapers. | Scotland Yard said in a statement: "Detectives on Operation Weeting have identified and are investigating a suspected conspiracy to intercept telephone voicemails at Mirror Group Newspapers. |
| "This conspiracy is being treated as a separate conspiracy to the two being investigated at the now defunct News of the World newspaper. | "This conspiracy is being treated as a separate conspiracy to the two being investigated at the now defunct News of the World newspaper. |
| "It is believed it mainly concerned the Sunday Mirror newspaper and at this stage the primary focus is on the years 2003 and 2004." | "It is believed it mainly concerned the Sunday Mirror newspaper and at this stage the primary focus is on the years 2003 and 2004." |
| The force said searches were being carried out at a number of addresses. Officers will begin contacting people they believe have been victims of suspected phone hacking by Mirror Group journalists in due course, Scotland Yard added. | The force said searches were being carried out at a number of addresses. Officers will begin contacting people they believe have been victims of suspected phone hacking by Mirror Group journalists in due course, Scotland Yard added. |
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