Met Arrests 32-Year-Old Sun Reporter

Posted: 3/2/2012  |  By: Dan Sabbagh | The Guardian

A 32-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of making corrupt payments to public officials, by detectives from the Metropolitan police's Operation Elveden.

It is understood that the person arrested is Virginia Wheeler, the defence editor of the Sun. Wheeler has been abroad on extended leave, but police had wanted to question her. It is understood she has returned to the country.