Ex-News of the World Editor Said to Be Arrested in Hacking Probe

Andy Coulson, the former News of the World editor who resigned as U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron’s press chief in January, was arrested in a probe of phone-hacking by the tabloid, a person familiar with the matter said.

Coulson turned himself in at 10:30 a.m., said the person who declined to be identified because they weren’t authorized to speak on the matter. The ex-editor was arrested on suspicion of conspiring to hack into mobile-phone messages and in conjunction with an investigation, begun this week, into claims the tabloid paid police officers for stories.