In an attempt to fool
customs officials 20,000 military uniforms bound for Islamic State and al Nusra
Front fighters declared
second-hand clothes had being seized by Spanish police.
They said the haul was
"enough to equip an entire army" and had been declared second-hand
clothes
The military uniforms were
discovered in three shipping containers in the eastern ports of Valencia and
Alicante last month, as officers uncovered an operation to smuggle arms to
jihadists.
Police said in a statement:
"With the roughly 20,000 military uniforms and accessories, it would have
been possible to equip an entire army which would be ready to enter into combat
in any of the battlegrounds which jihadist terrorist organisations have round
the world."
One of the seven people
arrested was a man who dispatched "military material, money, electronic
and transmission material, firearms and precursors for making explosives"
to Syria and Iraq via a company.
This was shipped out to the
terrorist groups under the guise of humanitarian aid.
It comes as a partial
ceasefire in Syria entered its seventh day.
However, Islamic State and
al Nusra Front - an al Qaeda affiliate - are not covered by the cessation.
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