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Ex-union boss allegedly threatened admin via emails

Police allege John Setka sent threatening, offensive and abusive emails to a CFMEU administrator. (James Ross/AAP PHOTOS)

Controversial former construction union boss John Setka allegedly threatened the union's administrator in a series of offensive and abusive emails.

The union heavyweight was arrested on Wednesday morning by state and federal police at his Footscray home, in Melbourne's inner west, where officers seized a phone and an iPad.

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