PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — A British tabloid journalist has been arrested for his role in what police say was an “orchestrated” attempt to undermine World Cup security.
National police commissioner Bheki Cele says that police arrested the Sunday Mirror’s Simon Wright for harboring Pavlos Joseph while police were searching for him.
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