Mallorca Islamist anti-terrorist operation launched, arrest made National Police swamp village of Campos

(Majorca Daily Bulletin) On Thursday, National Police officers from Madrid and Palma carried out an anti-terrorist operation related to alleged Islamists in Campos.

The officers searched a property on C. Jaume II and one person is in custody. He is reportedly a Spanish-born man of Moroccan origin.

Police seized documentation and searched for electronic devices that could have been used by the suspect. The Audiencia Nacional high court in Madrid authorised the entry and search of the property.

According to the mayor of Campos, Xisca Porquer, the arrested man is not a resident of Campos but “arrived here yesterday for the first time.”

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