A huge haul of arms and drugs was seized from a trafficking network run by Syrian nationals, Spain's police said Tuesday.
A total of 109 people were arrested and 100 tons of hashish, 11,400 firearms, over a million ammunition rounds and 10 tons of explosives were seized in an international operation against a trafficking network that sold drugs to arm jihadist groups in countries like Libya.
The joint operation was carried out by security forces from Spain, Italy, France and Greece, coordinated by the Europol law enforcement agency and assisted by the United States drug enforcement agency.
With the drug money, the Syrian-run group would finance arms purchases for jihadist militia groups in the eastern Mediterranean basin...
EFE
11/10/16
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A total of 109 people were arrested and 100 tons of hashish, 11,400 firearms, over a million ammunition rounds and 10 tons of explosives were seized in an international operation against a trafficking network that sold drugs to arm jihadist groups in countries like Libya.
The joint operation was carried out by security forces from Spain, Italy, France and Greece, coordinated by the Europol law enforcement agency and assisted by the United States drug enforcement agency.
With the drug money, the Syrian-run group would finance arms purchases for jihadist militia groups in the eastern Mediterranean basin...
EFE
11/10/16
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Deux propagandistes et recruteurs de l'organisation terroriste État islamique (EI), de nationalité espagnole et marocaine, ont été arrêtés dans le nord de l'Espagne, a annoncé mardi le ministère de l'Intérieur...
ReplyDeleteLes deux hommes, interpellés à Gijon et Saint-Sébastien (nord), étaient "pleinement intégrés dans la structure" de l'EI, "incitant à commettre des actes terroristes", selon un communiqué du ministère de l'Intérieur.
Les propagandistes, dont les autorités ne précisent pas s'ils étaient en contact entre eux, faisaient l'apologie de l'EI sur Internet, avec d'une part des contenus "clairement maquettés pour une diffusion massive attractive" et d'autre part des vidéos "extrêmement radicales, d'une crudité frappante".
L'homme arrêté à Gijon, un Espagnol d'origine marocaine qui avait juré loyauté au chef de l'EI, Abou Bakr al-Baghdadi, avait créé "un réseau de diffusion virtuelle important et organisé" et sécurisé, et communiquait avec "des membres et dirigeants de Daesh"......AFP