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Police officer, Sun journalists, arrested in tabloid bribery probe released on bail

A traffic warden writes a ticket outside the offices of News International company headquarters in London Saturday Jan 28 2012 British police on Saturday arrested four people including a police officer on suspicion of corruption as part of an ongoing investigation into police bribery by the now defunct News of the World tabloid newspaper and the police said the arrests were made as a result of information provided by Murdoch s News Corp and officers were searching the east London headquarters of the media mogul s British newspapers for evidence AP Photo Sang Tan
(AP Photo/Sang Tan)

LONDON - Police say four senior tabloid journalists and a policeman arrested on suspicion of bribery have been released on bail.

Four current and former staff of the Rupert Murdoch-owned Sun were detained Saturday, along with a serving officer of London's Metropolitan Police.

The journalists are former Sun managing editor Graham Dudman, former deputy editor Fergus Shanahan, current head of news Chris Pharo and crime editor Mike Sullivan.

The investigation into whether reporters illegally paid police for information is running parallel to a police inquiry into phone hacking by Murdoch's now-defunct News of the World.

Police said Sunday that the suspects had been released on bail pending further inquiries.

Murdoch's News Corp. says it is co-operating with police.

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