A Danish man was arrested in Mijas on Friday, 23 October, after he was reportedly found with a hand grenade in the El Faro de Calaburras residential area, near La Cala de Mijas. The account was first reported by Spanish newspaper ABC and published by Euro Weekly News; no further reports were supplied to independently corroborate it.
Mijas Local Police made the initial detention, and the case was then handed to the Guardia Civil because of the potential danger associated with the device. The Guardia Civil confirmed to ABC that the arrest was on suspicion of illegal possession of explosives.
Authorities have not publicly explained how the man came to have the grenade or what he intended to do with it. The investigation is ongoing, and those questions remain unanswered.
ABC also reported that investigators were examining a possible connection to the Mocro Mafia, a name associated with criminal groups in the Netherlands and Belgium. No evidence establishing a link between the suspect and that network has been made public, and the possibility remains unconfirmed.
The reported arrest took place in a residential urbanisation in the Mijas municipality. The available information does not identify a specific street, say whether residents were evacuated, or describe any disruption to the neighbourhood. No injuries were reported in the supplied account.
The immediate next step is the Guardia Civil investigation. Until officials release further information, the allegation concerns suspected possession only; no motive or wider criminal connection has been confirmed.