Paris (AFP)

The custody of the president of the UDI and deputy for Seine-Saint-Denis Jean-Christophe Lagarde, arrested on the night of Wednesday to Thursday for "possession of a weapon", has been lifted and the investigation continues. Bobigny prosecutor's office told AFP on Thursday evening.

The politician was arrested during the night during a police intervention at his home caused, according to his lawyer, by a "minor family dispute".

The police had discovered several weapons in his home.

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