(Sur in English) Officers of the National Police and the Mossos d’Esquadra (Catalan police force) have arrested three people for their alleged involvement in crimes of glorification of terrorism and making threats. The arrests took place in the early hours of Monday morning in the Barcelona towns of Castelldefels and Montcada i Reixac.
The operation was the result of a joint investigation between the provincial information brigade of Barcelona, the general information department of the National Police and the central counterterrorism unit of the Mossos d’Esquadra.
According to police sources, those arrested showed full adherence to the principles of the most radical jihadism, linked to organisations such as Daesh.
