Operation Tuleta: journalist arrested on suspicion of handling stolen phone Operation Tuleta: A journalist has been arrested in south-east London on suspicion of handling a stolen mobile phone. Photograph: Alastair Grant/AP A 30-year-old Sun journalist has been arrested on suspicion of handling a stolen mobile phone, Scotland Yard has said. The man was arrested at his home in south-east London at 7.30am by officers from Operation Tuleta, the investigation into computer hacking which was recently widened to include alleged criminal breaches of privacy. It is the 14th arrest under Tuleta, which was launched last year by the Metropolitan police and is linked to Operation Weeting - the News of the World phone-hacking investigation - and Operation Elveden, the probe into alleged inappropriate payments by journalists to police and other public officials. "The arrest relates to a suspected conspiracy involving the gathering of data from stolen mobile phones and is not about seeking journalists to reveal confidential sources in relation to information that has been obtained legitimately," Scotland Yard said in a statement. Earlier this year, Sue Akers deputy assistant commissioner of the Met police, told the Leveson inquiry Scotland Yard was investigating evidence that appears to show that staff at News International titles were in possession of information taken from stolen mobile phones, in an effort to find out if the practice of using such information was widespread at the publisher. Deputy Assistant Commissioner Sue Akers told the Leveson inquiry that Rupert Murdoch's internal inquiry team at the management and standards committee recently handed over material that had been downloaded from, and was in possession of, News International titles which appeared to have come from stolen mobile phones. Indicating that this amounted to a fresh line of inquiry, Akers - who heads up phone hacking and corrupt payments investigations - said that the police had gone back to the MSC to establish whether in fact it was an isolated incident or just the tip of the iceberg. On September 6, Siobhain McDonagh, a Labour MP, launched a legal action against News International and the Sun in relation to the theft of her mobile phone and is seeking damages for alleged invasion of privacy and breach of confidence.