Labour Liverpool Mayor Joe Anderson is arrested alongside four others in building contracts probe
- Joe Anderson was arrested by Merseyside Police alongside four other men
- Arrests are part of ongoing building contracts probe, local media reported
- The other men arrested were aged 33, 72, 62 and 25 and have not been named
The Mayor of Liverpool has been arrested in connection with bribery offences and witness intimidation.
Joe Anderson was arrested by Merseyside Police alongside four other men as part of an ongoing building contracts probe, according to the Liverpool Echo.
A 72-year-old, from Aigburth, has been arrested on suspicion of witness intimidation.
A 62-year-old man, believed to be Anderson, was arrested on conspiracy to commit bribery and witness intimidation.
Another man, 33, from West Derby, has been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit bribery and witness intimidation.
A 46-year-old man, from Ainsdale, has been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit bribery and witness intimidation.
A 25-year-old man, from, Ormskirk, has been arrested on suspicion of witness intimidation.