Spanish and Moroccan police arrest a man accused of recruiting women for ISIS

Spanish and Moroccan police arrested a man in Melilia who was suspected of being involved in the recruitment of Spanish and Moroccan women for the so-called Islamic State terrorist group.

The man who is from Melilia was arrested in a joint effort by the Spanish police and Morocco’s General Directorate for Territorial Surveillance (DGST).

A statement by the Spanish Ministry of Interior said that the suspect, 29, possessed “multimedia files of jihadist nature,” adding that it seized recordings of “radical sermons” in favor of ISIS.

The man was recruiting and sending women from Spain and Morocco to join the military ranks of the so-called Islamic State in tension zones such as Iraq and Syria.

It is not the first time the Spanish and Moroccan security join forces to crack down suspected jihadists.