Police: Pakistani man arrested in Spain over ties to terror group
The suspect, Malik Imtanan Sarwar, 30, was arrested Thursday.
He was present when police arrested 10 suspects in December - seven in Barcelona and three in Thailand. The man was allegedly part of the ring passports in Spain and sent them to the Thai police said.
The passports were forged in Thailand and sent to groups affiliated with al-Qaeda, the statement said the police ..
Sarwar has been an active member of the group, both in the context of the transmission of documents stolen from Thailand and to ensure that funds for the group, the statement said.
The group's alleged leader was a man of Pakistani based in Thailand.
It would have given orders to other suspects in Europe on such passports to be stolen - nationality, including a passport holder and age - so they can be sent to Thailand, forged and used more later by the terrorists to cross borders more easily in Europe and the West, it has been said in the statement.
This operation was neutralized cell passports to Al Qaeda standby, so that counterfeit devices of this organization has been weakened internationally, as well as operational capacity, "the statement said.