Irish person still held in Spain drugs probe

Updated: 12:14, Tuesday, 28 September 2010

One Irish person is still being questioned by police in Spain investigating a drugs ring, according to the DFA.

1 of 2Seized - 38,000 ecstasy tablets
Seized - 38,000 ecstasy tablets
2 of 2Seized - €56,000 also recovered
Seized - €56,000 also recovered

One Irish person is still being questioned by police in Spain investigating a drugs ring in Ibiza, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs.

A second Irish citizen has been released without charge.

Police were reported to have seized 38,000 ecstasy tablets, 4kg of cocaine, as well as ketamine.

Around €56,000 was also recovered as part of the joint operation by the UK's Serious Organised Crime Agency and the Spanish National Guard.

A total of 14 men and 11 women were arrested including two Irish nationals, a Czech national, a Slovak and a Spaniard, along with 20 Britons from London, Liverpool, Manchester and Newcastle.

The drugs ring is understood to have been led from the UK with two branches in Ibiza.

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