The arrests culminated a week in which President Benjedid resigned his post as chief of the ruling National Liberation Front, in a gesture that has puzzled many experts and diplomats.

His arrest culminated a four-year investigation.

The arrests culminated a five-year investigation of Mr. Gotti by the F.B.I. and Federal prosecutors in New York.

The arrest culminated a long day of news conferences, protests and talk-radio outrage over the emerging details of the allegations.

The arrest of Ndalla was part of a series of successful moves by Sassou Nguesso in 1984, culminating in his victory over the Katali faction at the party congress.

For Mr. Valentin and his neighbors, the arrest culminated a week of emotional twists and turns that began Feb. 11.

Mass arrests of the hierarchy and clergy of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church culminated in the liquidation of the church in 1930.

Mass arrests, disappearances, and deportations culminated on the night of June 14, 1941.

The arrest today culminated years of investigations that have faced delays because of a series of deaths and accidents some have described as suspiciously coincidental.

The arrests culminated two months of surveillance and efforts to get the cooperation of business owners, said Lieut. Joseph A. Pollini, executive officer of the department's Major Case Squad.