Police make five more arrests

Corruption investigation continues

Last updated: 28th November 2007

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Five more arrests have been made by City of London Police as the force continues its investigation into alleged football corruption.

The City of London Police's economic unit headed the raid which is part of the same ongoing investigation which saw Tottenham defender Pascal Chimbonda arrested in September.

Now it has been revealed that a further five men - aged 69, 60, 55, 48 and 30 - have been arrested following raids.

Arrests

A spokeswoman for the Police said: "Five men have been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud and false accounting as part of an ongoing investigation into football corruption.

"Three searches are currently under way. Five additional searches at a variety of locations across the country have been concluded."

The Police's investigation is separate to that of the Quest inquiry which was launched last year by the Football Association with Lord Stevens at the helm.