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.”
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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