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
'As the man is led to an ATM in the Spanish resort of Puerto Banus ...he appears to be under the effects of a sedative slipped into his drink'
'As the man is led 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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'As the man is led to an ATM in the Spanish resort of Puerto Banus ...he appears to be under the effects of a sedative slipped into his drink'
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.
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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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