Authorities in Spain have seized 20,000 uniforms and supplies "able to
equip an army" of jihadi fighters, Spain's Interior Ministry announced
on Thursday.
The
uniforms were confiscated in a police operation that led to the
neutralization of a "very active and effective business network," whose
primary purpose was to provide a steady flow of military supplies to the
terrorist organizations ISIS and al Qaeda affiliate Jabhat al-Nusra,
said the ministry.
The uniforms were hidden in shipping
containers and declared as "secondhand clothes" to avoid suspicion and
pass through customs inspections.
Spanish
police released a photo showing the camouflage uniforms wrapped in
large bundles. Officials said the uniforms were stored among other
clothing.
Two
of the three containers were intercepted at a port in Valencia and one
at Algeciras in an anti-terror operation conducted on February 7. The
containers were being shipped to areas controlled by ISIS and Jabhat
al-Nusra in Iraq and Syria, said the ministry.
Seven
individuals, suspected of providing financial and logistical support to
the terrorist groups, were also arrested in the operation.