A spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police said: “On Wednesday, 26 June, police executed a warrant at an address in Islington.
It comes after a number of men, many of whom worked in politics or as political journalists, said they had received flirtatious WhatsApp messages from a “Charlie” or “Ab.
Others targeted included the then-Conservative MP for Bosworth, Luke Evans, who said he had contacted the police after becoming “a victim of cyber-flashing and malicious communications”.