Operation Weeting is the renewed police inquiry into allegations of phone hacking by journalists A 61-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of phone hacking, Scotland Yard has said.
The BBC understands he is former News of the World news editor, Greg Miskiw.
He was arrested by officers from the Met Police's hacking investigation, Operation Weeting, after visiting a police station by appointment.
He is the 12th person arrested and is being held on suspicion of unlawful interception of communications and conspiring to intercept communications.
The Metropolitan Police's Operating Weeting is investigating claims some reporters for the News of the World hacked into the messages of celebrities and public figures between 2005 and 2006.
In 2006, the paper's former royal editor, Clive Goodman, and private investigator Glenn Mulcaire were jailed for hacking into royal aides' voicemails.
Five alleged victims have reached out-of-court settlements with the newspaper, including celebrity publicist Max Clifford, who received a reported £1m.
The paper was shut down in July after it emerged that the phone of murder victim Milly Dowler may have been hacked.
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