Ex-French president Sarkozy 'in police custody' amid 'Gaddafi funding' probe

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has reportedly been placed in police custody.

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been placed in custody as part of a probe into allegations he received millions of euros in illegal financing from the regime of late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, a judicial source said.

Mr Sarkozy was quizzed by police at the Nanterre police station, west of Paris, a person with direct knowledge of the case told the Associated Press.