Dutch admit Madrid arrest error

Spanish police went to the Netherlands to help inquiries

Police in the Netherlands say a man arrested on suspicion of involvement in the Madrid bombings is not the suspect they were looking for.

A spokesman for the Dutch prosecutor's office said the arrested man's fingerprints did not match those of the suspect being sought by Spanish police.

The man was released, then immediately re-arrested on drug charges.

He was one of nine people detained in the southern town of Roosendaal, near the border with Belgium, on Wednesday.

None of the other arrests was linked to the bombings in Madrid earlier this year, which killed 191 people and injured hundreds more.

Five of those detained have since been released. Two are being held by the immigration services.

The Dutch and Spanish media had suggested that police were seeking Mohamed Belhadj, a 24-year-old Moroccan who faces an international arrest warrant issued by the Spanish judge investigating the attacks.