Son Banya in Palma - Mallorca's 'drugs supermarket'
The new structure has the colours of the Spanish flag.
Son Banya drugs clans now appeal to patriotism
A new building for the sale of drugs: "They won't tear this down."
Mountain of rubbish in Son Banya, Palma Mallorca
One of the piles of waste.
The Son Banya drugs clans' illegal waste business
The town hall estimates there is at least 2,500 tonnes of accumulated waste in Son Banya.
Demolition at the Son Banya shanty town in Palma, Mallorca
Municipal teams with police support were sent into Son Banya twice last week.
Son Banya drugs clans: "The town is ours"
The police say: "One of the two will have to give in, and it won't be us."
Marquee in the Son Banya shanty town in Palma, Mallorca
One of the marquees.
Now the drugs clans have put up marquees in Son Banya
The marquees, naturally enough, don't have a town hall licence.
Demolishing a Las Vegas sign at Mallorca's notorious 'drugs supermarket'
The Las Vegas sign was demolished on Tuesday.
Son Banya drugs clans' 200,000-euro investment reduced to rubble
It's reckoned that the illegal works at Son Banya took ten days to complete.
Police move in to oversee demolition at Mallorca's 'drugs supermarket'
Among other things, the Las Vegas neon sign will be coming down.
Las Vegas sign in Son Banya, Mallorca's 'drugs supermarket'
The Las Vegas sign that appeared in Son Banya recently.
Town hall preparing to "send in the bulldozers" at Palma's shanty town
The town hall will be demolishing the 90-metre road, the roundabout and buildings to have emerged recently.
Las Vegas neon sign in Son Banya in Palma, Mallorca
The Las Vegas neon sign.
Palma's 'Las Vegas' drugs centre: Mayor frustrated by slowness of procedures
Jaime Martínez: "If it had been up to me, the bulldozers would have gone in last week."
Son Banya in Palma, Mallorca
The Las Vegas sign in Son Banya.
Viva Las Vegas: Mallorca's drugs supermarket
A large neon sign plus LED lighting for the Son Banya drugs business sector.
Theme of the Week
“If we are like this now, imagine what it’ll be like in a few years”
How many homeless people really are there in Mallorca? Figures for Palma are unsatisfactory, while no account appears to be taken of the rest of the island.
- 5,000 passengers come ashore as Britain's biggest cruise ship docks in Palma
- The big U.S. exodus to Spain, Trump blamed
- The one-time attraction in Mallorca fallen into ruin
- Ryanair fined for refusing to compensate a passenger who landed in Mallorca three hours late
- Louis Vuitton taking over Palma's Bellver Castle