Nicola Sturgeon arrested
Former Scottish first minister Nicola sturgeon has been released without charge after being arrested on Sunday.
The arrest was part of Police Scotland's ongoing Operation Branchform inquiry into the SNP's finances.
After being arrested around 10.00 after voluntarily attending a police station, she was released around 17.25 the same day.
In a statement on Twitter, Sturgeon said: "To find myself in the situation I did today when I am certain I have committed no offence is both a shock and deeply distressing."
Peter Murrell, Sturgeon's husband and the party's former chief executive and Colin Beattie, the party's treasurer were arrested in April as part of the same investigation.
The investigation is looking into more than £660,000 that was donated to the SNP by activists. The money was raised for a future referendum campaign. Operation Branchform is investigating what happened to that money.
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