French police find car with gas cylinders near Notre Dame

A car belonging to someone on the French intelligence services watchlist was found with several gas cylinders near the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris on Saturday, police said.

The owner was taken into custody but later released, a judicial official said.

A couple, aged 34 and 29, were arrested at a motorway lay-by on Tuesday in southern France in connection with the incident, and they both remain in custody.

An official said the Peugeot 607's hazard lights were flashing when it was found, and that it contained seven gas cylinders, one of which was empty and placed on the front passenger seat.

There was no detonating device present.