Gambian President Yahya Jammeh

The Gambian President Yahya Jammeh wasn’t kidding about his crack down on queer people. According to the International Herald Tribune, authorities in Gambia have arrested two Spanish men for allegedly making “homosexual proposals” to taxi drivers, police said Monday.

The arrests come less than three weeks after Gambia’s president told homosexuals to leave the West African country or face beheadings.

The Spanish nationals were taken into custody Friday after the taxi drivers reported being solicited by them, police spokesman Sulayman Secka said. He declined to give further details on the incident or say when the men might be released.

Homosexual sex is illegal in Gambia, where those convicted of consensual homosexual acts face jail terms of up to 14 years. In his speech last month, President Yahya Jammeh also threatened to close down hotels that rent rooms to gays.