Tunisia Arrests Libyan Intelligence Man

Tunisia has arrested a colonel in the former Libyan intelligence service, hiding out in a rented house in a remote town after Moammar Gadhafi's fall, the official TAP news agency said Saturday.

The officer had crossed the border using false identity papers more than a month ago, according to a security source cited by the agency, who did not name the colonel.

He was arrested on Friday near Douz, about 500 kilometers (310 miles) southwest of Tunis.

Tunisian security forces had placed the man under surveillance after reports of suspicious behavior.

No firearms were found at the house he rented in a remote area of Douz.

Tunisia in September arrested former Libyan prime minister Baghdadi al-Mahmudi near the country's southwestern border with Algeria. He is under an arrest warrant from Libya's new authorities.