Some of the summer hires on the Mediterranean party island of Ibiza are different this year: they include private detectives posing as tourists who tip off police about illegal parties during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The gumshoes are needed to infiltrate a growing number of prohibited parties and allow local police to break them up, Ibiza officials said Wednesday.
The city council of Eivissa, also known to foreigners as Ibiza Town and the island's largest city, has hired a detective agency to recruit sleuths who look like tourists. They must also come from outside the islands so they can't be recognised by locals.
Ibiza is famous for its nightlife, which attracts the world's top DJs. Hundreds of thousands of tourists have headed to the Spanish island in recent months, as more Europeans get vaccinated and travel restrictions are eased.
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