France Arrests Man For Supplying Chemical Weapons Parts To Syria: Report
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It is the first time someone has been placed under formal investigation in France on suspicion of supporting the Syrian army, the report said citing a source.
A French-Syrian man has been detained by French police on suspicion of supplying components for the manufacture of chemical weapons in Syria through his shipping company, sources briefed on the case told news agency AFP Sunday.
The man, who was born in 1962 and lives abroad, was arrested Saturday in the south of France according to one of the sources.
"He returned to France with his family for the holidays," a source close to the case told AFP.
He has been held on suspicion of "conspiracy to commit crimes against humanity, accessory to crimes against humanity and accessory to war crimes," a judicial source told AFP.
