by Natalie de Vallieres and Biodun Iginla, BBC News, Paris
The arrests come amid mounting speculation over night drone flights in the city, although no link between the cases has been suggested.
Unidentified drones flew over the Eiffel Tower and key Paris landmarks five times for a second night running on Tuesday.
Flying drones without a license is illegal and carries a maximum one-year prison sentence and a €75,000 (£55,000; $85,000) fine.
A judicial source told AFP news agency: "The first was piloting the drone, the second was filming and the third was watching."
The names and nationalities of the journalists have not been released. Al-Jazeera is a Qatar-based satellite TV channel.
Unidentified drones have been spotted across the country in the past year, most recently over the presidential palace and a bay in Brittany that houses nuclear submarines, as well as over nuclear power plants.
Three al-Jazeera journalists have been arrested for the alleged illegal flying of a drone in Paris, prosecutors say.
Police spotted the drone flying in the Bois de Boulogne in western Paris.The arrests come amid mounting speculation over night drone flights in the city, although no link between the cases has been suggested.
Unidentified drones flew over the Eiffel Tower and key Paris landmarks five times for a second night running on Tuesday.
Flying drones without a license is illegal and carries a maximum one-year prison sentence and a €75,000 (£55,000; $85,000) fine.
A judicial source told AFP news agency: "The first was piloting the drone, the second was filming and the third was watching."
The names and nationalities of the journalists have not been released. Al-Jazeera is a Qatar-based satellite TV channel.
Unidentified drones have been spotted across the country in the past year, most recently over the presidential palace and a bay in Brittany that houses nuclear submarines, as well as over nuclear power plants.
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