Sun associate editor Trevor Kavanagh said the paper was "not a 'swamp' that needs draining"

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Sun associate editor Trevor Kavanagh said the paper was "not a 'swamp' that needs draining"

Leon Neal

London police on Monday defended a string of arrests at Rupert Murdoch's British tabloid The Sun, which has accused the force of carrying out a "witch hunt" against its journalists.