Students on first Ibiza holiday left distraught after burglar slashed their suitcases and stole all their money
16 pals lose cash, as well as cameras, jewellery, club tickets, clothes, perfume and shoes in raid
A GROUP of 16 students on their first holiday in Ibiza were left distraught after a burglar slashed their suitcases and stole all their money.
The friends, all aged 19 from Manchester, were out clubbing when their villa in the Playa d’en Bossa area of the island was broken into.
They claim to have had around £8,500 in cash, as well as cameras, jewellery, club tickets, clothes, perfume and shoes taken in the raid on the evening of July 24, where suitcases were slashed open with a knife.
After reporting the incident to the police they discovered another group staying at the Ibiza Villas 2000 complex had been robbed on the same evening.
One of the victims Jack Elliott, from Timperley, said: “They came into the house and slashed into our cases.
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"They took €10,000 (£8,500) cash from everyone, cameras, clothes, shoes and bags.
“It’s the first time we have all gone away together. It was really scary.”
Jack and his friends reported it to the police in Ibiza and are now making claims through their holiday insurance to get the money back they spent all year saving for.
Luke Peppe, owner of the travel company, said the villas get targetted up to five times a year and added there are problems in the area with gangs targeting vulnerable tourists.
He said: “To give you an idea what we are up against, a gang was arrested in San Antonio that included a police officer.
“Unfortunately, Ibiza is like any other tourist resort where criminals thrive. They prey on tourists in the streets, in hotels, clubs beaches apartments and villas.
“We have found a camp at the back of the villa where the robbers must have been hiding and we have also found footprints up the side of the house where they must have climbed onto a balcony.”
Luke added: “I feel awful for them because they saved for months and they turn up and get robbed, it is really unfair.
“We have a page on our website dedicated to security. We have free information to give out and posters up on the wall.
“Playa d’en Bossa is an absolute hotspot at the moment, with gangs operating in the area.”
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