Telegram CEO Pavel Durov arrested at Paris airport for alleged offences

French authorities detained the chief executive officer of Telegram, Pavel Durov, at an airport near Paris on Saturday for alleged offenses related to the messaging app, Agence France-Presse reported, citing officials it didn’t identify.

Russian-born Durov was arrested at Le Bourget airport, the report said, citing one of the officials. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova confirmed the arrest in a post on Telegram, China’s Xinhua News Agency reported.