Telegram founder Pavel Durov ‘arrested at French airport’ after stepping off private jet

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The founder and CEO of Telegram has been arrested at an airport in France, Report informs referring to The Sun.

Cops reportedly detained billionaire Pavel Durov as he stepped off from his private jet following his arrival from Azerbaijan.

Durov was arrested at around 8pm on August 24 at Le Bourget airport, in the outskirts of Paris, by gendarmes from the GTA (Air Transport Gendarmerie).

The 39-year-old Franco-Russian was accompanied by his bodyguard and a woman, French outlet TF1 Info reported.

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