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Nicola Sturgeon has been arrested in relation to an investigation into the Scottish National Party's funding. /Peter Summers/Reuters
Former Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has been arrested, British media reported, after Police Scotland said a 52-year-old woman was in custody being questioned as part of its investigation into the Scottish National Party's funding.
The probe is investigating what happened to more than $750,000 raised by Scottish independence campaigners in 2017, money that was supposed to have been protected but may have been used for other purposes.
In April, Sturgeon's husband, Peter Murrell and the party's then treasurer were both arrested and then released without charge pending further investigation as part of the same inquiry.
Murrell also failed to declare a personal loan to the SNP of more than £100,000, which could breach laws on political funding transparency.
"A 52-year-old woman has today, Sunday 11 June, 2023, been arrested as a suspect in connection with the ongoing investigation into the funding and finances of the Scottish National Party," Police Scotland said in a statement on Twitter.
"The woman is in custody and is being questioned by Police Scotland detectives."
Sturgeon, Scotland's longest serving leader of its government, caught the political world by surprise when she announced her resignation in February, saying she had become too divisive to lead her country to independence.
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