Police said Peter Murrell, 58, taken into custody for questioning over the Scottish National Party’s ‘funding’ probe.

Peter Murrell, 58, was the SNP’s chief executive 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 party’s “funding and finances”. The BBC reported the man was the husband of the former Scotland leader Sturgeon.

The police investigation is looking at what happened to more than 600,000 pounds ($748,920) raised by Scottish independence campaigners in 2017, which was supposed to have been ring-fenced for spending on that issue but was missing from party’s filed accounts.

The SNP did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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