A
man has been arrested in connection with a "number of racist and hateful"
Twitter posts relating to Chelsea, the Metropolitan Police has said.
An investigation was launched towards the end of last year after Chelsea
identified the tweets.
The 21-year-old was detained following his arrest in Retford,
Nottinghamshire on Monday morning, and he has since been released while
police enquiries continue.
In a statement Chelsea said: "We welcome today's arrest which shows that
hateful messages shared on social media do have consequences.
"We continue to work closely with the police to support their investigations
on this important issue."
Inspector Matt Ashmead from the Metropolitan Police's Central Football Unit,
added: "This action proves that the internet is no safe refuge for trolls to
target people with hateful, offensive or racist abuse.
"Online abuse is not victimless and we will look to identify those
responsible and take action."
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