A SENIOR police officer is at the centre of a major investigation into a paedophile ring at a council run leisure centre in Glamorgan, Wales. The inspector is one of seven men arrested as part of the inquiry into teenage prostitution.
The officer, a married father of two in his early 50s, has been freed on police bail. He has been suspended from duty while the Police Complaints Authority investigates.
South Wales Police have confirmed that the officer was one of the seven arrested in connection with allegations of gross indecency at Aberdare Leisure Centre in Glamorgan.
The inspector is based at Merthyr Tydfil in south Wales and has almost 30 years' police experience.
Detectives are interviewing a 15 year old boy who, it is alleged, worked as a rent boy using the leisure centre as a base. A 14 year old boy is also being questioned. The boys gave police a list of seven names, all professional men in the south Wales area.
The inspector was on his way to work when officers from his own force arrested him. Other detectives were waiting at Cardiff International Airport to arrest two of the men as they flew in from Amsterdam.