IN the searing afternoon heat of Ibiza, groups of bug-eyed ravers walk along the main stretch of San Antonio Bay sucking on balloons of hippy crack. As competing beats pour from pubs and clubs, an absurd enormous sparkly hotdog dominates the skyline. In the main square, groups of migrants huddle in conversation under a tree before fanning out to sell their wares.
They once peddled fake Gucci sunglasses and knock-off Chanel handbags, yet now they offer something altogether different — pink cocaine . Spanish authorities have warned tourists who take the drug that it is so toxic it’s “like a bomb” going off. Yet Brits are at the centre of the use and supply of the dangerous substance, a psychedelic mix of ketamine and ecstasy, along with what experts describe as dealers’ “leftovers”.
An ex-Ibizan police chief told us: “Brits are so brazen they will pack pink coke in their suitcase to sell to fund their holiday.” We can reveal the links between British and Ibizan drug lords flogging the substance are so tight they offer to POST pink cocaine to customers. Dealers based in the UK openly boast online of running a drugs warehouse on the island.
For £55 plus £7 postage, dealers will send a gram of the drug — also known as tusi or tucibi — almost anywhere in Europe through Royal Mail or DHL. In 2022, 12 people, who police said were “mostly Brits”, were busted with 13 kilos of pink cocaine in Ibiza. The Guardia Civil described the mini cartel, armed with .