SCOTLAND’S ruling party faced fresh turmoil Wednesday after the husband of its former leader Nicola Sturgeon was arrested as part of a police investigation into financial irregularities.

Peter Murrell, 58, was chief executive of the Scottish National Party (SNP) for nearly 25 years until he quit last month.

In a statement, Police Scotland said they had taken a 58-year-old man into custody for questioning over the SNP’s “funding and finances”.

“Officers are also carrying out searches at a number of addresses as part of the investigation,” the police force said, without naming the man.

Police were seen outside the Glasgow home of Murrell and Sturgeon, and at SNP headquarters in Edinburgh.

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