The in-laws of an airport baggage handler arrested in Paris after guns and explosives were found in his car are being questioned over suspicions they were trying to set him up.

A retired French soldier whose tip led police to a cache of guns and explosives in a car outside a Paris airport has been taken into custody.

FRENCH police have arrested a baggage handler at Paris's main international airport after guns and explosives were found hidden in his car in the airport car park, police sources said yesterday.