Crack police units are investigating reports of revellers being injected with a mystery substance in several holiday island nightclubs before being robbed. Forces in Spain are probing at least six cases of clubbers receiving punctures wounds in busy venues with some claiming they had valuables stolen.
Police in Majorca have taken over an investigations after a man reported being injected with a substance in a club near the capital Palma. He claimed that he noticed a small puncture wound on his leg and began to feel unwell when some of his belongings went missing.
The Guardia Civil is also looking at six other similar cases where the victims were women. Four incidents were reported in Ibiza and another two in Majorca. No further crimes were reported but the incidents have sent shockwaves through the large numbers of tourists and local revellers who flock to clubs and late-night music bars across the Balearic Islands, reports the Ultima Hora newspaper.