Making the arrest is like what you said about getting the story first.

We turn the information over to them, they make the arrest.

At present we haven't enough evidence to make an arrest.

The only problem was how were they going to make an arrest?

As of last night, the police said they had not made an arrest in the case.

And the problems only continue once an arrest is made.

As of last night, police officials said, no arrest had been made.

Within a few days, the first arrest in the case was made.

The police have made arrests in only 3 of the 18 cases.

It took the police more than three years to make an arrest.