Spanish police said they have arrested an 11th Pakistani suspect overnight in Barcelona for alleged membership in an terrorist group police said they had broken up in a September raid in the north-eastern city. Spanish judge Ismael Moreno ordered the operation, which nabbed the first 10 Pakistani suspects on September 15. They have been placed in preventive detention pending charges for suspected membership in a terrorist group and drug trafficking.
The identity of the latest suspect was not disclosed, nor his alleged role in the group.
The first 10 had several kilograms (pounds) of high-quality heroin and forged documents in their possession when they hauled in, according to police who said they are not suspected of involvement in the March 11 train bombings in Madrid that killed 191 people in the country's worst-ever terrorist attack.
The 10 also held videos, one of which, filmed in 2002, showed images of several well-known buildings in Barcelona, including the World Trade Centre and the Maremagnum Leisure Centre.
Judicial sources said the video images were not those normal tourists would take and that some footage shows Imams calling for Jihad.
The 11th suspect was arrested during police raids on five locations in Barcelona's Raval district, where much of the city's Pakistani community lives, police said.
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