The Guardia Civil [Spanish Civil Guard] discovered four weapons stashes and one drop-box owned by the terrorist group ETA that were located at various points around the Autonomous Region of the Basque Country.
These discoveries came as the result of investigations carried out after the arrest of the alleged ‘liberated’ member of ETA, Ibai BEOBIDE, on 13 February 2010 during an operation undertaken by the Grupo de Acción Rápida (GAR) [Rapid Response Force] of the Guardia Civil in the municipality of Zizurkil (Guipúzcoa).
During the operation, Ibai BEOBIDE was taken from the prison where he is being held to the various locations where the discovery was made of several rooms regularly used by the terrorist group to store explosive material, weapons and documents. The operation took place in the presence of the detainee’s lawyer and by virtue of a judicial order issued by the Judge of the Juzgado Central de Instrucción número 2 de la Audiencia Nacional [Central Criminal Court Nº 2 of the High Court].
Substantial quantities of material for making explosive devices
The weapons stashes were discovered in the town of Hernani (Guipúzcoa) and Monte Gorbea (Biscay).
The following was among the material found:
- Approximately 80 kilograms of explosives, the majority of which was ammonium nitrate
- A limpet device
- 25 metres of detonating fuse
- 30 detonators of the type usually used by ETA
- Several timers and large quantities of electrical material for making explosive devices
- A USB memory stick
- 2,050 euros
