Uber offices raided in Paris by French police in 'car-pooling' controversy

Taxi app firm faces legal challenge to its UberPOP service in Paris, which connects drivers with riders in a budget version of app's premium service

French police have raided the Paris offices of the taxi app firm Uber as part of ongoing investigations into its UberPOP peer-to-peer ride-sharing service.

The investigation, at the behest of Paris' prosecutors office, comes after France's interior ministry vowed to ban the app from 1 January 2015.