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25 Britons questioned after Ibiza drugs raids
7 Sep 2009Twenty-five Britons were being questioned by the Spanish Guardia Civil today after a series of drugs raids on the holiday island of Ibiza, the Foreign Office confirmed.
The suspects, most of them believed to be from Liverpool, were held on Friday as part of Operation Trafalgar, which targets drugs traffickers in the west end of "party capital" San Antonio.
Reports in the Spanish press said all those arrested were connected with a single pub in the resort and all hailed from Liverpool.
It was also reported that the Guardia Civil seized 19,000 ecstasy tablets, 3.3lb (1.5kg) of ketamine and 1.1lb (500g) of cocaine and methamphetamine, thought to be crystal meth.
A Guardia Civil spokesman in Madrid refused to confirm any details about the operation today, saying the investigations remained open.
A spokeswoman for the Foreign Office said: "We can confirm a number of British nationals have been arrested in Ibiza.
"The Consul in Ibiza was informed of the arrests on 5 September 2009."
