Alcohol fuels rise in British arrests abroad

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Between April 2011 and March 2012, there were 6015 arrests involving British nationals, compared to 5,700 in the previous year. There were 1909 arrests in Spain, more than in any other country. The next highest number occurred in the US, where authorities reported 1305 arrests of British nationals. The Foreign Office said many of the incidents were due to high alcohol consumption in popular holiday destinations such as the Canary Islands, Majorca, Ibiza and the Costa del Sol. Spain and the US also saw the highest number of drug-related cases, although proportionally this problem was more significant in Jamaica, Serbia, Peru and Brazil, where more than 70 per cent of arrests were drug related.