Scots woman & Irishman arrested in Santa Ponsa suspected of ‘selling hippy crack & cocaine' to tourists
HOLS 'DRUGS BUST' Scots woman & Irishman arrested in Santa Ponsa suspected of 'selling hippy crack & cocaine' to tourists
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A SCOTTISH woman and an Irishman have been arrested in the Majorcan holiday resort of Santa Ponsa on suspicion of peddling laughing gas and cocaine to holidaymakers.
The pair were held after police saw them acting 'suspiciously' by a group of tourists on the Ramon de Moncada party strip which is where most of the nightlife in the town is centred.
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The pair were nicked in Santa Ponsa after allegedly peddling laughing gas and cocaine to holidaymakers
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A total of 60 bottles of nitrous oxide and 20 small bags of cocaine and cannabis resin were seized
A total of 60 bottles of nitrous oxide, commonly known as laughing gas, were found in a carparked nearby, as well as 20 small bags each containing a gram of cocaine and cannabis resin.
The arrests took place around 10pm last Thursday in a street called Calle Riu Sil although police only went public with the information today as they released photos of the drugs they had seized.
It was not immediately clear if the suspects, both believed to be aged 20, have already gone before a judge in a first court hearing to determine whether they should be released on bail or remanded in custody.
The hearing would take place behind closed doors, as is normal in Spain, where only trials take place in public.
Neither of the two detainees have been named.
A police source said: 'Officers' suspicions were aroused because the suspects were surrounded by a group of foreign tourists.
'They got out of their patrol car and walked towards the group and then searched the vehicle the Scottish woman and Irishman were using where they found the drugs.
'We believe they were trying to sell everything they had in the vehicle that same night.'
Reports at the weekend highlighted the laughing gas 'epidemic' sweeping Majorca's neighbour, Ibiza.
It said tourists had been left permanently scarred and suffered seizures after inhaling toxic drugs in party resorts like San Antonio.
Moment heavily armed officers smash into Breaking Bad-style drug lab allegedly being run by John Gilligan
Dealers in the resort are said to arm themselves with hug canisters that pump out up to 80 hits of nitrous oxide - far more than in the UK where the gas is most commonly sold in small canisters that deliver a single dose.
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