Met's Operation Elveden arrests member of armed forces and wife Scotland Yard arrests of a member of the armed forces and his wife bring the total number relating to Operation Elveden to 46. Scotland Yard officers investigating alleged illegal payments by journalists to public officials have made two further arrests - a member of the armed forces and his wife. Officers from the Metropolitan police's Operation Elveden, the investigation into alleged illegal payment to police and other public officials, arrested a 32-year-old woman at her home address in Chertsey at about 6am on Thursday morning. Shortly afterwards her husband, a 42-year-old man serving in the armed forces, was arrested at an address in Camberley. They are being interviewed at a police station in Surrey. The man was arrested on suspicion of corruption, contrary to the Prevention of Corruption Act 1906, suspicion of misconduct in a public office, contrary to Common Law and suspicion of conspiracy to commit both offences contrary to the Criminal Law Act 1977. The woman was arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit corruption and suspicion of conspiracy to cause misconduct in a public office, both contrary to the Criminal Law Act 1977. Thursday's arrests bring the total relating to Operation Elveden to 46. They are the result of information provided to police by News Corporation's management and standards committee.