Spain arrests three accused of connections to Islamist militants
MADRID - Spanish police have arrested three people accused of connections with Islamist militants, the Interior Ministry said on Friday, two in Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta and a third in the northern town of Figueras.
The two detained had been through a long radicalisation process and formed part of a group which was thought to be at an advanced stage of preparation for potential attacks, it said.
Police, searching six locations in relation to the arrests, found one gun and three non-firing weapons, the ministry said, though it did not elaborate.
Separately, the ministry said later on Friday that police had detained a Moroccan man with Dutch papers accused of belonging to ISIS and who may have returned to Spain from a conflict zone within the last couple of days.
