‘Enough to equip an army’ 20,000 ISIS military uniforms found inside AID PACKAGES
THOUSANDS of Islamic State (ISIS) uniforms stuffed into aid packages have been intercepted by authorities.
Aid packages were checked in Spain and found to be containing ISIS uniforms
Up to 20,000 military outfits for depraved Daesh fighters were discovered in Spain when officials checked the boxes marked as second-hand clothes in Valencia and Algeciras.
Spanish authorities said they have confiscated every item, but will not reveal where the clothes were sent from.
After the chance find during a routine inspection police launched a wider search, discovering military gear which they believe the senders were planning to deliver to al-Qaeda linked Jabhat al-Nusra and ISIS in Syria and Iraq.
Más de 5000 kg de uniformes en 3 contenedores hallados en #Valencia y #Algeciras. DESTINO: Jabhat Al Nusra y DAESHhttps://t.co/gjQ6DjLd5R
— Policía Nacional (@policia) March 3, 2016
Police have refused to reveal where the 20,000 uniforms were sent from
Photographs have emerged of large bundles of military-grade uniforms lying on the floor after they were found at the bottom of the aid packages.
A statement said: “The containers which carried the military uniforms were declared as second-hand clothes so as to not raise suspicions and be able to pass different customs inspections without any difficulty.”
Heaps of military gear was found in the routine search
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
The interior ministry warned that the latest discovery emphasised Spain's growing concern over the illegal smuggling of goods to Syria and Iraq.
It said: “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.”
Seven smugglers were arrested in Spain last month, and could be linked with the find.
The boxes were marked as second hand clothes but Spain has not said who they were being sent to
The arrests were carried out in the eastern cities of Valencia and Alicante and in Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta.
It confirmed five people arrested were Spanish nationals of Syrian, Jordanian and Moroccan origin and two are Syrian and Moroccan nationals.