British mafias based in Liverpool and Manchester control the sale of pills

Ibiza has been dubbed ‘Ecstasy Island’ with the revelation that 40,000 ecstasy pills are sold there every day.

20 Minutos reports that British mafias based in Liverpool and Manchester control the sale of pills on the island which has the highest demand of anywhere in Europe.

During the summer months of June, July and August, the British drug traffickers, along with their Italian and Dutch colleagues, put more than 40,000 pills on the market every day. The number comes from the anti-drug authorities on the Baleares, who say it is likely to be an under-estimate.

20 Minutos, quoting police sources, reports the British surnames of Green, Adams, Douglas and Murray as the bosses controlling the traffic with their dealers travelling to the island to put the drugs on the market.

Last September the Guardia Civil broke up a network and arrested 25 Britons and impounded 23,000 pills, and two operations in June last year saw the recovery of more than 47,000 pills also in the hands of British traffickers.

18.7 million tourists have visited Ibiza since 2000, 75% of them foreigners, 34% British, and most of them clubbers.

A study from the John Moore University in Liverpool with the European Institute of Studies on Drug Prevention concluded that 44% of the British tourists aged 16-35 to have visited Ibiza had taken ecstasy on the island, 80% of them at least twice a week.

Latest data from the Judicial Police puts the price per pill at 10.6 € on average, although they say that can fall to 6 or 7 € on some occasions.

The anti-drug police unit on the island finds it hard to cope; they have only 13 men and one patrol car, and complain they have fewer resources this year.

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