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As a certain red-top might say "Gotcha!"

Notable as not arrested by appointment at a police station, they rolled them out of bed at 5am.

Police have today (Tuesday, 13 March) arrested six people at addresses in London, Oxfordshire, Hampshire and Hertfordshire.

The co-ordinated arrests were made between approximately 0500 and 0700 this morning by officers from Operation Weeting, the MPS inquiry into the phone-hacking of voicemail boxes.

All six - five men and one woman - were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice, contrary to the Criminal Law Act 1977.

A number of addresses connected to the arrests are being searched.

Today's operation follows consultation with the Crown Prosecution Service.

Details of the arrests are as follows:

A 49 year old man was arrested at his home address in Oxfordshire and is being interviewed at a Buckinghamshire Police Station.

A 43 year old woman was arrested at her home address in Oxfordshire and is being interviewed at an Oxfordshire police station.

A 39 year old man was arrested at his home address in Hampshire and is being interviewed at a South West London police station.

A 46 year old man was arrested at his home address in West London and is being interviewed at a central London police station.

A 38 year old man was arrested at his home address in Hertfordshire and is being interviewed at a central London police station.

A 48 year old man was arrested at a business address in East London and is being interviewed at an East London police station.