The local police today opened an investigation into the video of a group of drunken youngsters playing party games which has been posted online within the past few days. They are also following up reports which appeared in the British press over the weekend about a lad who downed 75 shots in a Magalluf bar.
As far as the council is concerned it intends to take action against the bar in which the video was filmed and the establishment in which the tourist was served the shots. It will do so against any bars or clubs which continue to serve clients when they have clearly consumed too much alcohol. The council is not acting alone in this crackdown. It has the full support and cooperation of other administrations and the national government's delegation to the Balearics.
In Playa de Palma the local police’s public safety unit handed out penalties for breaches of local ordinance prohibiting massages, while the National Police’s illegal immigration and false documentation unit (UCRIF) checked on the documentation of the masseuses on the beach, the majority of whom were Asian. More than thirty people were confronted by the police during the operation.
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It would be much more in place, if the police would start doing something about the self-appointed parking attendants, the begging gypsies and last but not least the vast amount of grafitti in the La Lonja / waterfront area. All stand out as a sore thumb in the eyes of the tourists as well us residents.
I am glad to hear that action is going to be taken against the bar that sold that lad so much alcohol,the young are easily led and you can't put an old head on young shoulders,far too many bars are only interested in selling as much alcohol to customers as they can without the slightest regards to the consequences. How would you have felt if that was your son.?
I am glad the police are finally doing something but what about all the illegal African vendors pedalling sunglasses, hats and everything else imaginable under the Mallorcan sun? I watch the police play a 'cat and mouse' game with them in Downtown Palma all the time and am tired of constantly being bombarded with requests as I sit in the various sidewalk cafes. They could easily catch them but they simply choose to move them along. It's a shame that the legal sellers who pay rent for their stores should have to compete with the illegal sellers who pay nothing and seemingly get away with it. Let's get tough, clamp down on those people who are giving us a bad name and clean up Mallorca!