The Metropolitan Police made another bust in Operation Weeting

Mar 14, 2012 16:19 GMT  ·  By

A number of six individuals suspected of being somehow involved in the News of the World (NotW) phone-hacking scandal have been detained and questioned by the Metropolitan Police as part of Operation Weeting.

Five men and one woman, aged between 38 and 49, were arrested yesterday morning sometime around 5AM - 7AM at their residences or workplaces in London, Oxfordshire, Hampshire and Hertfordshire.

They were apprehended on suspicion of conspiracy to pervert the court of justice, but they were all released on bail until further inquiries.

Last month, the name of one of the NotW hackers, previously known as “X”, was made public. Security consultant Philip Campbell Smith is suspected as being the one that gained access to army intelligence officer Ian Hurst’s personal data after sending him a maliciously crafted email.