Police have swooped on a drugs gang targeting UK holidaymakers in a popular Spanish party resort. The operation followed a period of surveillance on the streets of the Majorca resort of Magaluf and follows reports of an increase in criminal activity including robberies and sale of illegal substances.
Investigations are continuing but courts have already issued restraining orders banning the suspects, who pose as street sellers, from the area around the resort. Guardia Civil officers made the arrests, seizing cash and drugs from the men, Searches also found substances hidden at various locations in the area around the notorious Punta Ballena strip, the local Ultima Hora newspaper reported.
Undercover agents monitored the men's activities for some time and the suspects were arrested during the early hours of the weekend.
