Police bust largest drugs laboratory discovered in the Balearics

The laboratory was being used specifically for the manufacture of speed. The Bulgarian, with no previous convictions, had become the largest supplier of the drug, deploying various dealers who mainly focused on Palma's Paseo Marítimo nightlife area.

In order to obtain the necessary chemicals and to avoid suspicion, he used false identity in passing himself off as a research professor from the university's cellular biology department at which he was conducting tests into cancer: a complete fabrication.

Police raided a property in Palma on Thursday and discovered the amphetamine laboratory. They also found quantities of speed as well as lab equipment and highly toxic and dangerous chemicals. In addition, there were bottles and containers of liquids and chemicals which, when mixed, produce amphetamine sulphate. Notebooks with chemical formulae were also seized.