Madrid, Feb 25 (EFE).- Spanish police have arrested seven heavily armed Colombian nationals suspected of acting as enforcers for their drug lords back home. <br /><br />Police in Madrid said they had been tracking the group for 16 months and decided to raid their hangout after the suspects received a considerable arms shipment that included a grenade-launcher. <br /><br />Investigators said they believed their mission also included an attempt to forge an alliance with Mexican drug traffickers based in the Mediterranean city of Valencia. <br /><br />The seven Colombians operated from a restaurant in the Madrid suburb of Leganes, from where they would "send flowers" to their intended victims, a code phrase for making a hit, police said. <br /><br /> <br /><br />EFE TV - MADRID - 08:30 GMT <br /><br /> <br /><br />Keywords: efe-madrid-colombian-hitmen-violence-drugs-spain <br /><br /> <br /><br />Tel: +34 913 467 200. <br /><br />E-mail: tvefe@efe.es <br /><br />Web: www.efeservicios.com
