The Spanish police seized more than six million ballots and envelopes and 100 ballot boxes in a Catalan town, in the latest bid to block a banned independence referendum, a police source said, The Independent reports.
"The Guardia Civil (police force) seized 2.5 million ballots, four million envelopes and 100 ballot boxes in a warehouse in Igualada," said the source, speaking on condition of anonymity.
These are the first ballot boxes to be seized by police in the crackdown on the referendum.