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‘Operation Fernbridge’ makes first arrests in paedophile probe

Detectives descend in dawn swoop, as Exaro journalists watch address on south coast

By Mark Watts, David Hencke, Tim Wood, Keith Perry, Alex Varley-Winter and Mark Conrad | 6 February 2013

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Arrested: ex-deputy head of Grafton Close, flanked by two detectives

Two Exaro journalists were watching the address as eight plain-clothes police descended at 7.15am this morning to make the first arrest

Detectives investigating an alleged VIP paedophile ring made two arrests this morning under ‘Operation Fernbridge’, Exaro can reveal.

They swooped on one address on the south coast of England this morning to make their first arrest in ‘Operation Fernbridge’. Exaro was watching one address on the south coast of England this morning when eight plain-clothes officers made a dawn arrest of a former employee of Richmond council as part of their investigation into a VIP paedophile ring centred on Elm Guest House, in Barnes, south-west London, and the nearby Grafton Close children’s home.

Exaro, which first broke news of the investigation in December, has made a series of disclosures about the case.

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