Spanish police have arrested eight men suspected of recruiting jihadists for Islamist group ISIL. <br /><br />The men reportedly helped send militants to the Middle East where they would join the group.<br /><br />The arrests were made in Madrid in an overnight operation during which police searched more than ten locations.<br /><br />One of the arrestees, Lachen Ikasrrien, is said to be the main leader of the cell and had served time in Guantanamo, before moving to Spain after his release.<br /><br />It is not clear whether the eight men were suspected of recruiting specifically for the current ISIL offensive in Iraq.<br /><br />In March, police from Spain and Morocco broke up a similar cell which had been sending fighters to conflict zones such as Syria.<br /><br />The arrests took place in the enclave of Melilla, one of two Spanish cities in mainland Africa that shares a border with Morocco.
