CNN: 10 held in Spain terror swoop

Spanish police say they have arrested 10 people, mainly Pakistani nationals, who are suspected of providing logistical support in the past for Islamic terrorists outside of Spain.

Catalan regional police made the arrests Tuesday night and early Wednesday at an apartment and a warehouse in Barcelona.

A search of the two premises did not turn up weapons or explosives, indicating that the suspects were not preparing an imminent attack on Spain, a Catalan police spokesman said.

There was no immediate indication, officials in Madrid and Barcelona said, of any link of the suspects to the March 11 Madrid train bombings that killed 191 people and wounded more than 1,800.

The Catalan police spokesman said he thought such a link was unlikely.

The suspects came under scrutiny during a Catalan police investigation into organized petty crime involving the forgery of documents, credit cards, videos and DVDs.

But evidence later appeared that indicated the 10 might have provided financing, logistical support or other collaboration for Islamic radicals outside of Spain, said the police spokesman, who requested anonymity.