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ISSUE NO. 1713
3 - 9 May 2018
Newspaper in Spain 2017 & 2018
MALLORCA
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High roller hunted Brit playboy flees after trashing luxury car
THONG TRACK: A pair of bikini-clad revellers, who were dancing on the back seat of the Rolls before the smash, also fled.
by Matt Ford MALLORCAN police are hunting a British playboy millionaire who wrecked his €300,000 convertible Rolls Royce while two women dressed in bikinis danced on the back seat. Self-confessed ‘maverick ty-
coon’ Jody Sanders remains at large after he reversed the luxury car through the front window of a tobacconist in Portal Nous, Calvia. The 39-year-old property magnate reportedly claimed his flip-flop got stuck under the accelerator pedal in the
wake of the smash. Dramatic CCTV footage taken from inside the shop shows one of the thong-clad women’s bare bottom as the high-end vehicle slams through the glass at high speed after mounting a kerb.
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‘Drugs ring’ bust ALMOST 30 people accused of being members of a group which trafficked drugs into Mallorca and spanned towns across the island have been arrested. A r o u n d 4 0 0 o ff i c e r s , m a n y f r o m m a i n l a n d Spain, were involved in the operation which involved raids in La Soledad, Son Banya, Son Gotleu and several parts of Part Forana. Police carried out almost 60 visits to homes and other properties as part of Operation Lud a r, r e p o r t e d l y o n e o f t h e b i g g e s t a n t i - d r u g s trafficking cases in recent years. Guardia Civil officers seized more than €150,000 in cash and drugs in various quantities during the raids. A total of 12 of the suspects appeared in court in Palma last Friday morning. They arrived there in Guardia Civil buses accompanied by a heavy security presence to take initial questions from the sitting magistrate.