A Spaniard has been arrested in the Spanish north African territory of Ceuta on suspicion of recruiting youth to fight for the Islamic State (ISIS) group in Syria, the interior ministry said Saturday.

The 34-year-old Ceuta resident, arrested at dawn in the Mediterranean peninsula bordering Morocco, “was carrying out recruitment and indoctrination of youths with a vulnerable profile,” the ministry said in a statement quoted by AFP.

He offered them “help to travel to conflict zones and join the Daesh terrorist organization,” it said, using the Arabic acronym for ISIS.

The suspect was known for “his adherence to Salafist ideology,” it said, referring to a fundamentalist branch of Islam.

The ministry has said it has arrested around 100 suspected jihadists this year.

Spain has been on a heightened anti-terror alert — level four of a possible five — since June.

Earlier this month, two men and a woman suspected of belonging to a cell that recruited women online to join the ISIS were detained in Spain.

The authorities accuse the three of acting as “representatives” of ISIS in Spain and of using the Internet to spread messages and videos to promote its ideals and attract women to its ranks.

In September, Spanish police arrested a 19-year-old woman on suspicion of recruiting for ISIS. The woman, who was not identified, was detained in the northeastern city of Figueres.

AFP contributed to this report.