Jamal Khashoggi

The Saudi Embassy in Paris maintained that it was a case of mistaken identity, saying the man “had nothing to do with the case in question".

French radio RTL said the Saudi suspect was arrested at Charles de Galle airport near Paris as he was trying to board a flight to Riyadh.

Mr Khashoggi disappeared in 2018 after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, where he is later believed to have been dismembered.