Sky News learns that the man arrested in the course of the investigation into the London ‘Honeytrap’ affair is a member of the Labour Party

According to Sky News, a man arrested during the police investigation into the Westminster honey trap scandal is a member of the Labour Party.

The Metropolitan Police said they arrested a man in his mid-20s in Islington, north London, on Wednesday on suspicion of harassment and breaches of the Online Safety Act.

Several victims were informed by the police shortly afterwards.

At least twelve men from political circles received unsolicited flirtatious WhatsApp messages earlier this year from people calling themselves “Charlie” or “Abi,” Scotland Yard said.

In some cases, explicit images were exchanged.

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Sky News has learned that the Labour Party immediately expelled the man from the party after being informed of his arrest.

His name is currently unknown.

A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: “On Wednesday 26 June, police executed an arrest warrant at an address in Islington.

“A man was arrested on suspicion of harassment and breaches of the Online Safety Act. He was taken into custody where he remains.

“The arrest is in connection with an investigation being conducted by the Met’s Parliamentary Liaison and Investigations Team following reports of unwanted messages being sent to MPs and others.

“The investigations are still ongoing.”

The arrested man is estimated to be in his mid-20s.

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Conservative Dr. Luke Evans first reported on the “honey trap”and revealed that he was contacted via WhatsApp in March by two different numbers “claiming to know me”.

He said he had fallen victim to cyber-flashing and malicious communications “and immediately raised the alarm by notifying the police and parliamentary authorities when this happened.”

The then high-ranking Conservative William Wragg resigned from the party when the scandal broke in April after he admitted to giving other politicians’ private phone numbers to a person he met on a dating app and who threatened to publish compromising information and pictures he had sent her.