"Earlier today I was contacted by a local yacht captain and chief stewardess asking me if I can help spread the word that one of their female crew members was injected with Barbiturate, a tranquilliser, in the back of her upper arm. The incident took place at a popular Palma bar while she was having drinks with other yachties but could also have happened in so many other late night venues.
At the time of the incident, she felt nothing, likely due to people knocking into each other as you do in a crowded bar, but after about 15 - 20 mins of being injected she felt woozy and had little recollection of anything until Saturday midday. Thankfully, she was in a group of colleagues who managed to get her back to the boat safely.
While spiked drinks are not uncommon in Palma (and many other locations), this is the first I have heard of girls being attacked this way. According to the police and Clinica Juaneda, a number of other attacks of similar kind have already been reported.
Seemingly, the culprits spot their victims in crowded bars late night when they are under influence of alcohol with their guards down. Once the victim has been injected, the culprits will try to separate them from their group. Look after each other and be cautious about letting your friends and colleagues wander off alone or with strangers.
If you experience similar bruises or something that looks like a needle mark please see a medic. As always, also watch your drinks and/or cover them with a coaster if unattended...."
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No definitive evidence has ever been found to support these accounts of drug spiking by needles and none of the suspected victims who have been tested in the UK were found to have anything in their systems that would indicate they had been spiked. Yet this lack of evidence has not stopped the rumours spreading, pushed along by news reporting that has at times been irresponsible. The technical and medical knowledge required to perform this would make this deeply improbable. The types of drug needed to incapacitate a victim would require a particularly thick needle, and that the injection itself would be very painful and would take approximately 20 seconds to deliver – made more difficult when administered in the dark and on an unwilling victim. Stop spreading fake news.
Zoltan TeglasUnfortunately yes , with drugs dropped in drinks. The needle thing became a real issue last year . Certainly in university towns. The pub operators in problem areas where forced to put on security or loose their operation license if the situation did not improve. Which it did. A ex soldier who used to train with me at the MMA gym , was spiked at a night out in town some years ago. Ended up in hospital and he’s built like a bull . Very stupid behaviour by the perps.
This has been happening in the UK for years.