Two more men were arrested Friday in the U.K. on charges related to News Corp.'s widening phone hacking scandal, the Guardian reports.
The arrests come one day after a U.S.-based News of the World editor was arrested and questioned in south London, again raising the possibility that the scandal would spread to American shores.
In the latest activity, a police detective from the London Metropolitan Police was arrested by his employer because he is suspected of having leaked details about its phone-hacking investigation. While he has not been charged, he has been suspended.
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There were reports that the detective leaked information to the Guardian, the newspaper that has uncovered the majority of revelations in the scandal. A spokesperson for the Guardian declined to comment on the matter.
Scotland Yard also arrested a 35-year old man believed to be Dan Evans, a former News of the World reporter, on suspicion of phone hacking. Evans has already been named in a civil case regarding hacking, which led to his suspension more than a year ago.
This brings the tally of arrests in "Operation Weeting" to 15 if one counts the detective.