UNDER CLOSE ARREST

Otago Daily Times, Issue 26033, 22 December 1945, Page 7

UNDER CLOSE ARREST

BRITISH PROVOST MARSHAL CHARGES NOT DISCLOSED (Rec. 8.35 p.m.) LokDON, Dec. 21. The British authorities on December 15 arrested the deputy provost marshal, Lieutenant-colonel T. C. Irvine, “No. 1 policeman in Berlin," says the Daily Mail’s correspondent. The charges against Irvine, who is confined under close arrest in his private quarters in the British zone nave not yet been disclosed. In the meantime a widespread investigation is being made into suspected violations of the army regulations by officers stationed in Berlin. The correspondent says that Irvine was a member of the Eighth Army who served with distinction in the desert. He is one of the best known and most popular officers in the Berlin garrison. He has commanded the British military police force for the last five months in Berlin, and led all the major raids on the notorious German “ black market ” in the Tiergarten, On December 15 he used tanks and armoured cars, manned by Hussars, in a round-up which led to many important arrests.