3:28am UK, Tuesday June 28, 2011
A national news agency reporter has become the latest journalist to be quizzed by British police over phone hacking allegations.
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Laura Elston was arrested by police on Monday when she attended an appointment at a central London police station.
The 34-year-old, who works for the Press Association, was questioned by detectives before being bailed to return in early October.
She is the first person arrested who has not worked with the News of the World.
But she is the second female journalist to be detained in a week as part of the Metropolitan Police's Operation Weeting investigation into phone hacking allegations involving the newspaper.
Goodman and Mulcaire were jailed in 2007 for intercepting royal phone messages
Sky's crime correspondent Martin Brunt said: "The suspicion is that [Taras] was involved in a conspiracy to phone hack.
"The other people who have been arrested to date were on suspicion of more hands-on involvement in phone hacking."
Following questioning by police, Taras was also bailed to appear later in the year.
The Press Association headquarters in London
In the latest case, police confirmed a woman was arrested but added: "It would be inappropriate to discuss any further details regarding this case at this time."
Since Operation Weeting was launched in January, a total of five journalist have been detained - three of whom were News of the World staff reporters.
The paper's former royal reporter Clive Goodman and private detective Glenn Mulcaire were jailed in 2007 for intercepting messages from members of the royal household.
The new police inquiry was set up following allegations that other famous people also had their messages intercepted.
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