Madrid, Feb 25 (EFE).- Spanish police have arrested seven heavily armed Colombian nationals suspected of acting as enforcers for their drug lords back home.

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.

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.

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.



EFE TV - MADRID - 08:30 GMT



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