UK tourists have cancelled their Benidorm holidays and vow they “won’t be back” after being issued a worrying warning about so-called ‘Muggers Alley’. Holidaymakers have been warned by TikTok user @harrytokky.
Harry has claimed they risk their trips being spoiled by pickpockets in ‘Muggers’ Alley’ in the sun-kissed holiday hotspot. He said that the path between a block of flats and a police station off Calle Verona, in sight of the popular Morgan’s Tavern, is risky.
Harry urged people to “be careful” when walking down the alley late at night and to “stay safe”. A second wrote back in reply to the video and urged holidaymakers: “Walk round where the bins are, cross the road and you’ll be fine, believe me.”
He added in his caption that the muggers supposedly “don’t bother women, only drunk males”, reports Birmingham Live. Another said: “I’ve stayed in the hotel beside it and seen plenty of muggings from the window.” The social media user added: “It’s notorious for it.”
Another said: “Road near Buddies [bar] too at top of square. Path to Tiki Beach at night and Yellow Brick Road at night. After midnight [the] beach [is] not safe.” And a fellow holidaymaker wrote back to say: “Been like that for years in that spot.”
“Every night between 12am and 5am in the morning they sit outside KFC opposite Rockeys bar in Ave Gerona in the busy area. They wait for English tourists to walk by after a few drinks,” another wrote. “The police seemed to be aware of the group but due to so many English tourists not wanting the hassle and not reporting it they have not managed to arrest the Romanians. The following night we saw them again and they ran off in the same street. Four other English men that saw them run said they had had the same happen to them,” another typed.
Another said: “The vendors that try and get you in the pubs too are an absolute nuisance. No rush to go back.” Another said: “And that’s why I won’t be back.” Another typed: “We saw a drunk bloke – she grabbed him started kissing him then took stuff out his back pockets then walked off. We said you just been robbed he said yeh wallets gone and phone.”
And another said: “When I arrived last week in the afternoon, some women had her hand in my bag as I was getting my case off coach.” Another typed: “We have just spent a week in Benidorm, we enjoyed it.The setback was the increase in the number of beggars and tricksters on the streets. The conmen with the three cups and a pea are all over the place, the beggars can seem rather menacing to people alone.”
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