Former Scottish first minister Alex Salmond has been arrested and charged by police.
No further details of the charge against the 64-year-old have been released.
A Police Scotland spokeswoman said: "We can confirm that a 64-year-old man has been arrested and charged, and a report will be sent to the procurator fiscal.
"Proceedings are now live under the contempt of court act."
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Mr Salmond, from Linlithgow, West Lothian, was Scotland's first minister from 2007 to 2014.
He resigned his membership of the SNP in August 2018.
Mr Salmond guided the party to a narrow Scottish election win in 2007 and then led a minority government as he became Scotland's first SNP First Minister.
In the 2011 election, he led the party to an unprecedented victory with a majority win, meaning the SNP's manifesto pledge to hold an independence referendum could be delivered.
But the result of the 2014 referendum - a 55% to 45% vote to stay in the UK - led to him stepping down as first minister and SNP leader.
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