Overview

• On July 13 the Policía Local de Palma uncovered an unlicensed vendor preparing cocktails on a plastic sheet laid on a parking-lot floor near Megapark and Bierkönig.
• Investigators found the vendor cutting fruit on the ground and pouring alcohol from five-liter canisters into cups with no sanitary precautions.
• The seller faces administrative charges for violating public street licensing laws as part of an intensified crackdown on alcohol excess at Playa de Palma.
• Police have issued a public warning urging tourists and residents to avoid beach cocktails sold by unlicensed vendors because of potential contamination.
• The island anticipates a record tourist season this year and officials say recent safety incidents, including a fatal drowning, have exposed wider crowd and infrastructure pressures.