A gang who robbed luxury villas in Ibiza, Spain, have been slammed by police - leading to the arrest of three of the members.
Two of the arrested are Albanians, while a third is Romanian.
They had managed to steal luxury items worth hundreds of thousands of euros from 22 vita on the Spanish resort island.
The victim of their robbery is also English personality Nick Grimshaw, who had taken up a rented villa in Ibiza to celebrate his 48th birthday. He was at home with his elderly mother and sister during the robbery.
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Detenida una banda de ladrones de viviendas de lujo en Ibiza, utilizaban algún tipo de gas que producía somnolencia para no despertar a los moradores que se encontraban durmiendo en el momento de los roboshttps://t.co/N1NbHM5G2O pic.twitter.com/okc7d9DeA8
Victims of robberies often reported waking up in the morning with headaches and dizziness, leading Spanish police to suspect the gang of using some kind of chemical gas to put residents to sleep rough.
Also, footage of the robberies were released, with the perpetrators seen late at night, dressed in black and in one case confronting a resident.