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Catalan Police Apprehend Pakistani Fugitive on 22 Violent and Terrorism Charges

He is held in preventive custody at the Audiencia Nacional pending Spain’s processing of Pakistan’s extradition request

Comisaría de los Mossos d'Esquadra en Santa Coloma de Gramenet.
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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.