Former News International legal chief Tom Crone has been arrested as part of the Metropolitan Police’s investigation into the phone-hacking scandal, according to reports.

The police announced Thursday that a 60-year-old man — subsequently identified as Crone by the BBC — had been arrested at his home address in southwest London on suspicion of conspiring to intercept communications, and is being questioned at a south London police station.

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