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Former SNP chief executive arrested in connection with party funding investigation

Peter Murrell was taken into police custody as part of an investigation into the funding of the governing pro-independence Scottish National Party.

There was a heavy police presence outside the modest Glasgow home Ms Sturgeon shares with Peter Murrell, 58, this morning, including police vans and a forensics tent.

Humza Yousaf, Ms Sturgeon’s successor as first minister, described the arrest as a ‘difficult day’ for the SNP.

Police Scotland say Murrell ‘arrested as a suspect’ as officers search addresses thought to include his and Sturgeon’s home

Humza Yousaf, Ms Sturgeon’s successor as first minister, described the arrest as a ‘difficult day’ for the SNP.

GLASGOW (Reuters) - The husband of former Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon has been arrested as part of an investigation into the funding of the governing pro-independence Scottish National Party, the BBC said on Wednesday.

British media are reporting that the husband of former Scottish first minister and Scottish National Party leader Nicola Sturgeon has been arrested in a party finance probe.

A man understood to be former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell is arrested as part of an investigation into the partys finances.

Murrell, the husband of former first minister Nicola Sturgeon, was arrested on Wednesday morning as part of Operation Branchform