Spanish authorities worked with the Moroccan intelligence service to capture the man | Curto de la Torre/AFP via Getty Images Spain arrests suspected ISIL recruiter Suspect was ‘very active’ and approached ‘young people at risk of social exclusion,’ authorities said.

Authorities in San Sebastián on Monday detained an alleged terrorist who led a cell that recruited jihadists, Spain's Interior Ministry said in a press release.

The suspect, a Moroccan national who lived in Spain, allegedly picked out vulnerable people, indoctrinated them and sent them to Turkey, where they received detailed information from Islamic State (ISIL) on how to carry out terror attacks in Europe.

According to the ministry’s statement, the man was "very active in recruiting new members and didn't hesitate to approach young people at risk of social exclusion” or those who were “emotionally unstable” or could be “easily influenced.”

The suspect was linked to another member of a terrorist cell, who was arrested in November in Strasbourg.

Spanish authorities worked with the Moroccan intelligence service to capture the man.

Since raising the security threat to its second highest level in 2015, Spanish authorities have arrested 181 people suspected of being involved in terrorist activities.

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