Overview
- Spanish National Police carried out the operation in Heinsberg with support from Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA).
- Investigators executed a European arrest warrant and searched the suspect’s apartment as part of the cross-border probe.
- Spanish police have not disclosed the suspect’s identity or the exact timing of the arrest.
- Prosecutors in Cologne confirmed that an extradition process is underway, with Spanish authorities directing the investigation.
- Andrij Portnow, a pro-Russian former lawmaker and aide to Viktor Yanukovych, was shot dead on May 21, 2025 near a Madrid school, and investigators initially examined multiple attackers and possible organized-crime links without ruling out a political motive.