Three detainees in an anti -terrorism operation against Hezbollah in Barcelona | News from Catalonia
The Civil Guard He has arrested three people in a anti -terrorism operation International against a group linked to Hezbollah which has been carried out in Barcelona and has also behaved arrests in the United Kingdom and France. As sources close to the case have informed Efe in Barcelona The operation is has focused on a floor on Valencia street, where last July three alleged terrorists were arrested accused of building more than a thousand drones for Hezbollah after buying the components in several Spanish companies and other European countries.
The operation is led by the head of the Central Court of Instruction number 1 of the National Court, Francisco de Jorge, who plans to take a statement next Thursday to the detainees.
The agents have broken up early in the morning at the home of Valencia Street, in the neighborhood of La Sagrada Familia de Barcelona, where they have practiced at least one arrest, and have finished the registration of the property around 10:30 am. In the operation, advanced by the digital newspaper The Nationalagents have taken several bags with documentation for later analysis.
Sources close to research have indicated that this device against Islamist terrorism It is linked to the Hezbollah group and is the culmination of the operation carried out in Barcelona and Badalona (Barcelona) in July 2024.
In the police phase last summer, the Civil Guard arrested three people within the framework of this investigation led by the National Court. After being brought to court, the judge of the National Court Santiago Pedraz ordered the entry into provisional prison of one of the three arrested by the Civil Guard, while the other two arrested were released with precautionary measures: periodic appearances in the court, passport withdrawal and prohibition of departure from the Spanish territory.
The alleged terrorist who entered prison in summer of 2024 is a Lebanese who allegedly collaborated with Hezbollah buying in Spain « materials likely to be converted into weapons of war that could be used against civil and military objectives in Israel and in Europe. »
« The investigated is part of a group of individuals of Lebanese origin based in Spain and Germany, related in different degrees with the terrorist organization Hezbollah, who through the instrumentalization of Spanish companies have acquired a large number of components and materials whose final destination would be the hezbollah in Lebanon, » said the judge in the order in which he sent to prison to one of the detainees.
