Catalan and Spanish police arrest four terrorism suspects

Catalan police – the Mossos d'Esquadra – and Spain's Guardia Civil arrested at least four people in a joint operation against suspected jihadist terrorism on Tuesday. 

From 6:30am, police entered and searched properties in three Catalan towns – Rubí (Vallès Occidental), Martorell (Baix Llobregat), and Sant Pere de Ribes (Garraf) – as well as in the city of Mérida, Extremadura, in southwest Spain. 

One of the individuals arrested is an inmate at Brians 2 prison in Catalonia. Other suspects were arrested in Martorell, Sant Pere de Ribes, and Merida. 

Police did not find the suspect they were searching for in Rubí. 

The operation is part of an investigation by the Spanish National Court.