LONDON, July 15 (Reuters) - An executive from Britain'sTrinity Mirror newspaper group was arrested on Wednesdayin connection with a police investigation into allegations ofphone-hacking by journalists on the publisher's papers.
London police said detectives from Operation Golding, aninvestigation into hacking at the Mirror group, had arrested a47-year-old journalist "on suspicion of conspiracy to unlawfullyintercept communications".
Trinity Mirror confirmed a member of staff had been detainedand a person familiar with the situation confirmed it was LeeHarpin, the agenda editor for the group's national titles.
The arrest is the fifth to have been made by officers from Operation Golding.
Shares in Trinity Mirror, owner of the Daily Mirror andSunday Mirror titles, fell 6 percent when the news broke.
In May, eight mostly celebrity victims of phone-hacking wona total of 1.2 million pounds ($1.9 million) in damages from thenewspaper group.
It was the first civil lawsuit against Mirror titles sincethe scandal of phone-hacking, where journalists illegallylistened to private voicemail messages to generate exclusivestories, hit the headlines in 2011. (Reporting by Michael Holden and Kate Holton; editing byStephen Addison)