Two British holidaymakers have been accused of doing a runner from their cruise liner to dodge a massive bill. The pair were held on suspicion of fraud at Ibiza Airport on Wednesday.
They allegedly left the ship – the exact cruise line has not yet been named – “in a hurry” when it docked on the holiday island beloved by Brits. A spokesman for the National Police in Ibiza revealed yesterday they had been accused of attempting to wriggle out of paying a bill totalling £2,685.
The force said: âOn Wednesday Spanish National Police officers arrested a man aged 23 and a woman aged 18 who are both British as the suspected authors of a crime of fraud for refusing to pay several consumptions during their stay on board a cruiser liner.
“The couple tried to leave the cruise liner in a hurry with their luggage, declining to pay the cost of expenditure linked to their holiday, around 3pm on May 21. The bill for various items, linked to their room, came to â¬3,196 (£2,685).
âPolice called to the scene interviewed crew members who told them the alleged offenders had tried to push their way off the ship in their attempts to abandon the vessel. The couple were tracked down in the island airport after detectives launched an operation to find them.
âThey were held at 6pm on May 21 as they tried to leave Ibiza.” It was not immediately clear this afternoon if they have already appeared in court.
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