Police detain son of Senegal ex-president for graft

DAKAR (Reuters) - Senegalese police arrested Karim Wade, the son of former president Abdoulaye Wade, on Monday on suspicion of illegally amassing some $1.4 billion (914 million pounds) during his father's tenure, his lawyers said.

"They brought him a summons and they forcibly took him away," said Demba Cire Bathily, lawyer for Karim Wade. "It was an arbitrary arrest."