Suspected al Qaeda financier arrested in Yemen

A man accused of financing al Qaeda in Yemen has been arrested in the capital Sana'a, Yemen's Ministry of Interior announced Saturday.

In a statement posted on Yemen's official news agency SABA, the Ministry of Interior said the suspect, Saleh al-Raimi, a Yemeni expatriate living in Saudi Arabia, was captured Friday at Sana'a International Airport.

The Ministry of Interior said al-Raimi was "wanted for financing al Qaeda terrorist acts in Yemen."