Salou police crack down on drunken Brit students

Spanish police have launched a crackdown on the drunken antics of British students at Saloufest.

Armed officers have begun enforcing laws banning drinking in the street and roaming half-naked around the seaside resort.

Two youths wearing togas were fined £265 each last night for flouting a no-drinking law. Police were also ordering students back to their hotels to put on T-shirts after hundreds of young men went out shirtless.

Officers had previously turned a blind eye but decided to act after the students' antics hit the headlines.

Sixty coaches carrying 3,000 18-to-23-year-olds arrived in Salou on the Costa Dorada yesterday for the second leg of the festival. They replaced a group of 5,000 who went home last Thursday.

Hours after arriving, the new group hit the town in fancy dress, roaming from bar to bar drinking cheap shots and beer.

The two students dressed in togas were arrested after they argued with police who spotted them drinking in the street.

A police source said: "If they hadn't been stupid enough to argue they would probably have got away with it. As it is they've been fined more than the cost of their holiday."