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Spain arrests 14, seizes large stash

It was one of the biggest hauls of its kind in Europe, justice officials in Valencia, eastern Spain, said.

Spanish officials said the seizure of performance-enhancing drugs was one of the biggest hauls of its kind in Europe

Two of those arrested were held on remand in Malaga, southern Spain, while the rest were released but remain under investigation for a "public health offence".

It came after authorities carried out 26 searches last week, a judicial source told AFP, without disclosing the nationalities of those arrested.

Spanish police in September dismantled a network said to have been led by a doctor and a law-enforcement official who sold performance-enhancing substances in the north of Spain to both professional and amateur sportsmen.

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