A Western diplomatic source confirmed to Alwasat that a large amount of money was seized from the interim Interior Minister for Libya's Government of National Unity (GNU), Imad Trabelsi, upon his arrival in Paris on Friday.

The source added that the money was confiscated by customs after Trabelsi was questioned and that he will be summoned before a French investigating judge within two days, pending confirmation of his residence address in Paris.

Trabelsi's government has not yet commented on the incident.