Overview
- The suspect, 31, was arrested at 12:00 on June 26 in Santa Coloma de Gramenet under an Interpol warrant issued in August 2020.
- The operation was carried out by the Mossos d'Esquadra’s International Fugitive Research Group (GRIF) alongside plainclothes agents from Santa Coloma de Gramenet’s citizen security unit.
- Pakistani authorities accuse him of three murders, four attempted murders, eleven terrorism offenses and four counts of extortion and death threats.
- Officers detained him at midday as he left his residence accompanied by another man following months of surveillance and intelligence gathering.
- Spanish prosecutors are preparing formal charges and will set the legal timetable for Pakistan’s extradition request.