Ibiza fire stabilized after four days

IBIZA (Agencies) The brush fire that broke out last Wednesday at the Serra de Morna, in the municipality of Sant Joan de Labritja, was declared 'stabilized' yesterday, though it would take 'a few hours or days' to be completely under control, ac cording to Pilar Costa, acting Councillor for the Interior of the Balearics. The 50 year old man accused of starting the fire is still in prison without bail, facing between 7.5 to 10 years in prison. An amateur bee keeper, he was allegedly smoking out one of his hives when a piece of coal fell onto the ground, thus starting a fire that rapidly consumed close to 1000 hectares of forest and needed Army units as well as 5 helicopters, 1 Canadair hydroplane , 2 air tractors y 1 coordination airplane, plus fire untits from other parts of the islands, as well as Valencia and Barcelona.

Ibiza drug ring managed from UK, 24 arrested

(Agencies) Police have arrested a group of 20 Britons suspected of being members of a major drug ring in Ibiza  (photo) after an operation that uncovered significant quantities of narcotics. A haul of cocaine, ecstasy and other drugs were seized in a series of raids at properties in the Spanish resort of San Antonio on the west coast of the Balearic island. The 14 men and 11 women arrested are thought to be members of the most active drug gang on the island involved in the club scene. In a co-ordinated operation between the UK's Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) and the Spanish Guardia, officers from the paramilitary force began the raids on Friday with the aim of debilitating the British gangs who control the island's drug scene.>