Spanish Police Arrest Over a Dozen Would-Be Jihadists
21st December 2023
On Tuesday, Spanish National Police, working with their Moroccan counterparts, dismantled a terror recruitment cell by arresting nine in the North African exclave of Melilla and another person in the city of Nador, just across the Moroccan border, El Mundo reports.
The General Directorate for the Surveillance of Moroccan Territory (DGSN) said that the suspects were attempting to recruit new jihadists. Among those arrested was one suspect who is believed to be a member of a terrorist group operating in the African Sahel region.
“This joint security operation is part of a continuous and distinguished security coordination between the Moroccan security services and their Spanish counterparts, which confirms once again the importance of the security partnership between the two countries,” the DGSN said in a statement.