Lebanese authorities have arrested a former lawmaker in connection with the mysterious kidnapping of Hannibal Gaddafi, the high-rolling son of the late Libyan dictator, a security source told AFP Friday.
Intelligence services brought in former MP Hassan Yaacoub for questioning around 11:00 am local time (0900 GMT) on Thursday as part of their investigation into the brief kidnapping of Gaddafi, the security source said.
Gaddafi, who resided in Syria, was kidnapped on December 11 in Lebanon's Bekaa valley near the Syrian border, but was freed by police hours later.
Earlier this week, Lebanese authorities charged Gaddafi with withholding information about the disappearance of revered Shiite cleric Mussa Sadr, who vanished in Libya in 1978.