ALGIERS- Algerian police on Thursday arrested Mourad Eulmi, head of the private firm SOVAC, a partner of Germany's Volkswagen, at a car assembly plant in the western province of Relizane over corruption allegations, state TV reported.

The arrest comes amid a series of anti-graft investigations since protests broke out this year seeking the removal of the ruling elite and the prosecution of people seen by demonstrators as corrupt.

(Reporting by Hamid Ould Ahmed; Editing by Kevin Liffey) ((hamid.ouldahmed@thomsonreuters.com;))