(Yabiladi) In a joint and coordinated security operation, Moroccan and Spanish authorities successfully dismantled a Daesh-affiliated terrorist cell operating in the Sahel region. The operation, conducted on Friday by Morocco’s Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ), affiliated with the General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance (DGST), and the General Intelligence Directorate of the Spanish National Police, resulted in the arrest of nine individuals. Three were apprehended in Tetouan and Fnideq, while six others were arrested in Madrid, Ibiza, and Sebta.
According to a statement by the BCIJ, searches at the suspects’ residences led to the seizure of bladed weapons and electronic equipment, which will undergo forensic analysis.
