25 Britons arrested in Ibiza drug sting

A major Civil Guard operation on Ibiza has seized more than 20,000 ecstasy tablets and arrested at least 25 people, most of them Britons from Liverpool, after a series of dawn raids on the island last Friday.

Officers swooped on at least seven homes in Santa Eulària, Sant Josep and Sant Antoni in the operation dubbed ‘Trafalgar’, which began some months ago into a gang detectives believed were distributing drugs in the West End area of Sant Antoni. A pub there, thought to be the gang’s centre of operations, was raided as part of the police swoop.

Diario de Mallorca said officers also found 1.5 kg of ketamine and smaller quantities of cocaine and crystal meth. According to sources quoted by the paper, the Civil Guard seized 50,000 € in cash, thought to be the proceeds from drug sales.

There are unconfirmed reports that up to 29 people were taken into custody, some of them Spanish.