Seven people have been arrested in Spain on suspicion of supplying weapons and bomb-making equipment to ISIS leaders in Syria and Iraq.
Six men were held during dawn raids today in Alicante, Valencia and Spain's north African enclave of Ceuta, with a seventh person was arrested later in the morning.
Spain's acting Interior Minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz said they were believed to be part of a jihadist group that sent the weapons in shipping containers, disguised as humanitarian aid
This morning's arrests brought the total number of detentions since the start of 2015 in Spain of alleged jihadists to 82.
The suspects have been taken to Madrid for a private court hearing where a judge is expected to decide to remand them in custody.
Spanish police have led a series of operations against suspected Islamic terrorists since the January 2015 massacre in the offices of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.
Four men were arrested in Ceuta shortly after the attack, with Spain's Interior Minister at the time describing them as having a 'very similar profile' to the French extremists who killed 11 people and injured another 12 during the Charlie Hebdo killings.
Three men including a friend of the Moroccan gunman overpowered on a Paris-bound train last August, were held in Madrid during dawn raids in November.
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