"The allegations reportedly surfaced in June and searches at 11 addresses were carried out by the DPS's Anti-Corruption Command. The officers, all based in north-west London, have been held on suspicion of perverting the course of justice, misconduct in public office and corrupt or improper exercise of police powers. Mobile phones and computers are also understood to have been seized."
"In a separate but linked case, a detective inspector has been charged with perverting the course of justice by allegedly wiping his mobile phone remotely. One source described the alleged sex complaint nobbling plot as the worst scandal to hit the Met's reputation since Wayne Couzens. Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley with Baroness Louise Casey at City Hall The investigation comes after Scotland Yard Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has repeatedly attempted to root out bad apples."
Five Metropolitan Police officers, including a detective sergeant, were arrested on suspicion of perverting the course of justice, misconduct in public office and corrupt or improper exercise of police powers. The arrests followed allegations that officers attempted to suppress a complaint by a female officer who said a male senior officer sexually assaulted her at a Christmas party. The allegations reportedly surfaced in June and searches at 11 addresses were carried out by the DPS's Anti-Corruption Command, with mobile phones and computers seized. The DPS investigation is being supervised by the Independent Office for Police Conduct. A detective inspector faces a related charge for allegedly wiping his mobile phone remotely.
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