North Wales child abuse: First Operation Pallial arrest 23 April 2013 Last updated at 12:19 A man has been arrested as part of the investigation into allegations of historical child abuse in north Wales. Police said a man had been arrested in Ipswich, Suffolk, on suspicion of serious sexual offences against a number of individuals. This is the first arrest under Operation Pallial, the independent investigation set up in November last year to examine the abuse allegations. The arrested man has been taken to a police station in north Wales.