In a letter to the Spanish authorities, the Berlin public prosecutor's office stated that the apartment at Padilla Street, where the firearms and explosives had been found, had not been rented by the complainant but by Mr. Ramos Vega, while only a bottle filled with lead sulphide powder - which is not used for the production of explosives - had been found in the complainant's apartment at Aragón Street.
وفي 24 تموز/يوليه 2001، رفضت محكمة مقاطعة لاهاي طلبه بشأن استصدار أمر زجري وأعلنت أن الاعتراض لا أساس لـه من الصحة.