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Three off-duty Toronto police officers have been charged by Spanish authorities while vacationing in Barcelona, Toronto Police Service has confirmed.
Three Canadian police officers were arrested in Spain, two of them are accused of sexual assault and assault causing injuries, according to Spanish police.
Catalonia police said the incident happened May 13 in Barcelona’s Ciutat Vella district and involved a sex worker.
Two of the officers were arrested that day and the third was found and arrested two days later in Palma de Mallorca, according to Spanish police.
“The allegations are serious,” Toronto police spokesperson Stephanie Sayer said in an email Monday, without providing details about what is being alleged.
One of the officers has returned to Canada, and was suspended from duty with pay, Sayer said. The other two will also be suspended with pay when they return home in the coming days, she added.
Toronto police are not identifying the officers and are unable to comment further on the charges as the matters are now before the court, Sayer said.
In an emailed statement, spokesperson Meaghan Gray said the Toronto Police Association is aware of the charges.
“Given these charges relate to an off-duty incident, the Toronto Police Association has no further comment,” she said.
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