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Spanish government declares zero-tolerance doping policy
The Spanish government warned Wednesday that it was committed to its zero-tolerance stance on doping in sports in the wake of the arrest of the manager of Spanish cycling team Liberty.Manolo Saiz was arrested Tuesday on doping charges and detained at the drugs squad's headquarters.Saiz and four others who were arrested - including the Valence team sporting director Ignacio Laberta and a former doctor to the Kelme and ONCE teams Eufemiano Fuentes - are part of a huge investigation into cycling by the Spanish police.The newspaper El Pais reported that more than 200 blood bags destined for transfusions were also seized in the raids."We will not allow those who want to make money playing with the health of others go unpunished," warned Sports Minister Jaime Lissavetzky.The government, he told Spanish national radio (RNE), was "committed to zero-tolerance in its fight against doping."
