Catalonia ex-chief Carles Puigdemont ‘detained in Germany’

Fugitive Catalan ex-chief Carles Puigdemont has been detained in Germany, police within the German divulge of Schleswig-Holstein acknowledged in a assertion.

Puigdemont used to be stopped advance the Danish border with Germany, a spokesperson of his birthday celebration acknowledged on Sunday. 

The separatist chief is being sought by Spanish authorities on costs of insurrection and had recently left Finland earlier than authorities there might perchance perchance presumably act on a European warrant in opposition to him, issued by Spain.

German police acknowledged they arrested Puigdemont within the northern divulge of Schleswig-Holstein on the arrest warrant.

In a assertion, police acknowledged the Catalan ex-chief used to be detained advance a piece of the A7 highway which cuts by the divulge from the town of Flensburg advance the Danish border.

Police did no longer screech precisely where Puigdemont used to be being held.

« Schleswig-Holstein police are at this deadline unable to present extra major facets, » it acknowledged, completely different than that Puigdemont used to be taken into custody at Eleven:19am (09:19 GMT).