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VIDEO: Leeds tycoon Simon Morris arrested in fraud probe
PROPERTY tycoon Simon Morris has been arrested after swoops across the country by police investigating fraud and money laundering allegations.
Detectives from West Yorkshire Police moved in on addresses in West Yorkshire and the West Midlands early on Tuesday as part of an on-going investigation into claims of money laundering and conspiracy to defraud offences. Seven people have been arrested.
The luxury home in Ling Lane, Scarcroft, of Mr Morris, a former director of Leeds United, was one of a number of addresses believed to have been targeted by members of the West Yorkshire Police Organised Crime section.
The police have refused to identify or confirm the identities of the seven people detained but the Yorkshire Evening Post was able to confirm that Mr Morris was among those arrested.
Police officers dressed in blue protective suits were seen entering and leaving Mr Morris's house in Ling Lane at breakfast time.
It is understood that officers with warrants from West Yorkshire Police went down to the West Midlands area to carry out the raids and detain the two suspects.
Though the raids were reportedly not connected to this matter, investors have been locked in a legal battle with the Leeds property tycoon for some time.
At 10am two police sniffer dogs were sent into the property. One of the dogs was used to carry out checks in the garden.
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