News - Scotland Yard
The notorious hacker group Anonymous said on Friday that it had intercepted and recorded a sensitive phone call between the FBI and Scotland Yard.
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Jamie Waylett, a 19-year-old British actor who plays a supporting role in the Harry Potter movies, has been arrested for alleged cannabis possession. Waylett plays bully Vincent Crabbe, character Draco Malfoy's henchman, in the film franchise. A Scotland Yard spokesman told the BBC Wednesday the actor and a friend were arrested last week after police in London stopped the car in which they were riding. The car was searched and officers found eight bags of a substance believed to be cannabis, the police representative said. Investigators conducting a subsequent search of Waylett's home allegedly found 10 plants, also believed to be marijuana. Officers found a number of plants believed to be cannabis plants and equipment for the cultivation, Scotland Yard told the BBC.
Ian Blair, head of the Metropolitan Police, resigned Thursday under pressure from London Mayor Boris Johnson, Blair said. Blair's announcement came a day after Johnson assumed the chairmanship of the Metropolitan Police Authority, The Telegraph reported.
Scotland Yard's commissioner is warning London police they could be in for criticism for the 2005 death of an innocent man shot by terrorist-hunting officers.
