Footage shows the well-dressed pair
letting the unsuspecting man put his arm around their waists before one
leads him by the hand towards the ATM in the Spanish resort of Puerto
Banus
'One then leads him to an ATM in the Spanish resort of Puerto Banus ...he appears to be under the effects of a sedative slipped into his drink'
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The two women and their accomplices at the bar, have been arrested on suspicion of fleecing tourists out of $57,000 (£40,000)
This
is the moment a British holidaymaker rocks unsteadily on his feet as two women
suspected of leading him towards a cash machine after spiking his drinks
and promising him a threesome so they could empty his bank account.
The
footage shows the well-dressed pair letting the unsuspecting man put
his arm around their waists before one leads him by the hand towards the
ATM in the Spanish resort of Puerto Banus.
He appears to stumble as he is thought to be under the effects of a Rohypnol-style drug slipped into his beer at a Spanish bar.
Photo: SOLARPIX
The man appears to stumble as he is
thought to be under the effects of a Rohypnol-style drug slipped into
his beer at a Spanish bar
Footage
of the suspect women at work emerged today- 24 hours after detectives
revealed they had arrested four people including the two women on
suspicion of preying on foreign tourists they had fleeced out of nearly $57,000
(£40,000).
The
arrests took place at a bar popular with British expats and
holidaymakers called Drink Box in the upmarket Costa del Sol resort just
yards from the luxury sailing boats and sports cars nearer the
waterline.
Eight
men, including several Brits, have so far come forward to claim they
were believe they were drugged at the bar by two women who chatted them
up and then used their bank cards after gaining access to their PIN
numbers.
One
of the victims, who was not named, went to detectives after discovering
nearly £4,000 pounds had been charged to his card in just 10 minutes.
One woman takes him by the hand and leads him towards an ATM machine after earlier spiking his drink
Footage of the suspect women at work
emerged today- 24 hours after detectives revealed they had arrested four
people including the two women on suspicion of preying on foreign
tourists they had fleeced out of nearly $57,000 (£40,000)
Police
say the women are suspected of guiding their alleged victims when they
were under the effects of the drugs to a cash point so they could find
out what their PIN number was and then use the cards themselves.
Two
bar staff said to have received cash for lending the women portable
credit card terminals so they could use the cards quickly are also
thought to have been arrested.
It is not known if the first man filmed in this footage, taken in the port and at a nearby store, is also British.
Yesterday
police released a video showing them escorting the women away from the
bar in handcuffs after a search of the premises.
Two women have been arrested in the
upmarket resort of Puerto Banus, accused of targeting their victims' at a
the Drink Box bar (pictured with tourists outside) so they could gain
access to their PIN numbers
One of the women was wearing a pink coat with a fur-lined collar.
A
spokesman for the arresting officers said in a statement: 'The
investigation began in February when an alleged victim filed the first
complaint.
'He said two women who had accompanied him to his apartment had taken his bank cards.
'After checking his account he'd discovered that they had used it 14 times in 10 minutes and spent $5,400 (£3,800).
'Seven
other people subsequently came forward, all foreign nationals who said
they’d been with women they thought could have spiked their drinks and
discovered afterwards their banks cards had been fraudulently used.'
The
spokesman added: 'The women are suspected of guiding their alleged
victims when they were vulnerable and under the effects of the drugs to a
cashpoint with the sole intention of finding out what their PIN number
was so they could then use the cards themselves.
The pair were arrested today in Puerto
Banus (pictured) at a bar just a few metres from the harbour where the
rich and famous keep their yachts
'Investigators discovered the women allegedly acted in cahoots with staff from the bar where they captured their victims.
'These people gave them portable credit card terminals so they could use the cards quickly and spend large amounts.
'In
exchange the bar staff received a percentage of each of the
transactions.The women being held are suspected of using the cards
inside the bar as well as at ATMs.
'In
some cases they used the cards until they reached the spending limit
and in others the banks themselves detected the fraud and blocked the
cards.'
The
bar describes itself on its Facebook page in English as the 'best bar
in Puerto Banus,' and says it is a sports bar offering big screen sports
as well as great music, cheap drinks and a free shots table service.
No-one
was available for comment at the bar and calls to the mobile phone
registered on its Facebook page were met with a message saying the
number was not registered.
Police
could not say whether the activities of the staff suspected of being in
league with the women were known to the bar’s managers and owners or
were rogue employees who had fooled bosses into taking them on so they
could help the alleged fraudsters scam their victims.
The resort - which has featured in
reality TV shows TOWIE and Life on Marbs - attracts hundreds of
thousands of Brits every year and several men from the UK are understood
to be among the victims
One of the victims of the scam in
Puerto Banus (pictured), who was not named, went to detectives after
discovering nearly £4,000 pounds had been charged to his card in just 10
minutes
Places
like Puerto Banus are portrayed as a sunshine paradise of champagne,
pool parties and luxury yachts on programmes like The Only Way Is Essex
and Life on Marbs.
But
a seedy world of prostitution, drugs and gangsters lies behind the
designer shops and the Ferraris lining the first row of the port.
In
April 2014 golf pundit Alan Tait fell victim to a gang he believes
spiked his drink with horse tranquiliser ketamine before robbing him and
leaving him for dead.
The
47-year-old, who at the time presented the Golf Show on BBC Radio
Scotland, was on a three-day golfing holiday when he became separated
from friends during a night out in Puerto Banus.
He came to in an alleyway minus his watch, i-Phone and hundreds of pounds.
Speaking
after his ordeal, he said: 'The Spanish police said they hear about
this sort of thing all the time but we rarely hear about it.
'At least I came home alive. I just want people to know about it and be careful.'
A
group of British golfers told in January 2012 how they had their trip
to southern Spain blighted when nearly $11,200 (£7,800) was taken from two credit
cards without their permission.
One
of the group received a call from his bank saying the money had been
debited the day after they went to club in Puerto Banus for drinks.
Anne
Phillips, the owner of the villa where they were staying, said at the
time: 'They couldn’t remember anything of the evening and think they may
have had their drinks spiked.'
There
is no suggestion that either Mr Tait or the other golfing group fell
victim to the two women held by Spanish police this week.
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