Telegram founder & billionaire Russian exile Pavel Durov ‘arrested at French airport’ after stepping off private jet

Telegram founder & billionaire Russian exile 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, reports say.

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

Telegram founder Pavel Durov was reportedly arrested in France

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Telegram founder Pavel Durov was reportedly arrested in FranceCredit: AP:Associated Press

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

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

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