Algerian authorities arrested former Tunisian intelligence chief Lazhar Longo as he was allegedly sneaking through the border between the two countries and handed him over to Tunisian authorities, the London-based newspaper Al-Quds Al-Arabi reported.
Last year, Longo was sacked by Tunisian President Kais Saied, who suspended parliament, dismissed then-Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi and seized executive authority.
Since Saied’s takeover of power, Tunisian authorities have pursued Longo over accusations that he belongs to a secret apparatus of the opposition Ennahda movement, which held a majority in the previous government.
Longo had close ties with Mechichi and Ennahda. He previously served as a security attaché at the Tunisian embassy in Paris and as intelligence chief on numerous occasions.
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