Eleven arrested and nine weapons seized in the Mossos d'Esquadra operation against the Mina shooting.

BarcelonaMossos d'Esquadra in La Mina. Some 350 officers were deployed early this morning in the Sant Adrià de Besòs neighborhood in an operation to arrest those responsible for the incident.the shooting that occurred in early January, where more than 150 shots were fired. Sources consulted by ARA confirm that up to eleven arrests have been made and 14 searches have been carried out, many of them in the Venus and Saturno buildings. But one of the Mossos d'Esquadra's main objectives was to find firearms, and they have succeeded: they seized eight long and one short firearm. They also dismantled a marijuana plantation. Superintendent Sarrias, head of the Sant Adrià police station, stated that the investigation has been "very laborious" and that the objective, which was to remove weapons from the people on foot, has been achieved.

The operation, which began at six in the morning, involves officers from the investigation unit, public order, the Special Intervention Group (GEI), the canine unit, and the forensic police, among others. All of this was supported by drones and aerial resources. The operation is led by the North Metropolitan Region's investigation division and the Badalona Investigation Unit.

The shootout behind this large deployment took place on January 7, when approximately 150 shots were fired in the middle of the night. The shooting did not seriously injure anyone, although a neighbor was hit by a ricocheting bullet, causing a bruise. It was an exchange of gunfire with handguns and long weapons, and the investigation concluded that it was a confrontation between two family clans, although it began with an argument between two minors.

The Government responded to those events with police reinforcements in La Mina, with the 24-hour presence of two public order units, and fifteen days later The Minister of the Interior, Núria Parlon, declared the neighborhood "pacified.". She argued that the extra officers had prevented "further aftershocks" of the conflict, but the police director, Josep Lluís Trapero, also said that "the problem of La Mina cannot be solved with two vans and 15 ARRO officers" and announced that there would be arrests.

While waiting for more information on the operation underway, the mayor of Sant Adrià de Besòs, Filo Cañete, indicated shortly after the shooting that those responsible for the latest shooting were young people "with easy access" to firearms. In her opinion, they were a generation of young people between 14 and 16 years old who "have lost respect for what have always been called the patriarchs," which makes mediation difficult, she said.