Tunisian police arrest ex-prime minister, his family says

FILE PHOTO: Tunisian Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali he arrives for a round of consultations with other political parties at the Carthage Palace in Tunis, February 15, 2013. REUTERS/Anis Mili

TUNIS (Reuters) -Tunisian police on Thursday arrested former Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali, who is also a former senior member in the Ennahda Islamist party, his family said.

Police in the city of Sousse seized Jebali's phone and his wife's phone and took him to an unknown location, a statement by his family posted on Facebook said.