Police Scotland arrest 52-year-old woman as part of SNP funding investigation

Police Scotland said on Sunday a 52-year-old woman had been arrested as a suspect in connection with an investigation into the Scottish National Party's funding.

The woman was in custody and was being questioned, Police Scotland said in a statement on Twitter. The BBC reported the arrested woman was the party's former leader, Nicola Sturgeon, who unexpectedly quit earlier this year.

Sturgeon's husband Peter Murrell was arrested

and questioned in connection with the investigation in April, before being released pending further investigation more than 11 hours later.