Gripping new documentary delves into murky world of Ibiza's drug-fuelled rave scene

When it comes to parties, few places in the world have reached the legendary status held by the island of Ibiza.

Once a sleepy and idyllic island in the Mediterranean Sea, the Balearic Island has since been transformed beyond recognition by an influx of mass tourism – and drugs.

Sky examines the dark underworld hiding underneath the island's glittering shores in their new three-part documentary Ibiza Narcos, the third instalment in a series which previously examined the drug trades of cities such as Dublin and Liverpool.

Split into three-parts and airing on Sunday, 7 July, Ibiza Narcos takes viewers back to the 1960’s, when drugs first arrived on the island’s shores in the pockets of hippie’s well-worn trousers, as they searched for a life away from the capitalist 9-5 grind.

Unfortunately, their island paradise was short-lived as drug dealers soon caught wind of the money being made on the island and headed over to stake a claim on the territory. The result? Ibiza became a booming party hub, with a dark underworld of drugs lingering just below the surface as the island’s well-kept secret.

The documentary also introduces us to several of the major players in the booming drugs trade, including former drug boss Jon Imanol Sapieha Candela - also known in the documentary as El Sapo – who believes the drugs trade will never stop on the island - as well as the authorities risking their lives by tailing the dealers.

Another survivor of the wild Ibiza world is Wayne Anthony, a pioneer of the Acid House scene who swapped London for Ibiza and himself got swept up in the hedonistic party scene.

Explaining Ibiza nightlife in an interview with LADBible, Wayne called the scene a 'magical mystery tour of sound, visuals and drugs'.

He added: "Ibiza is the place to go to get out of your f**king mind and sunbathe during recovery."

Nights started early, with revellers watching the sunset from one of the island's many beaches before heading to a club until the morning and then onto someone's apartment or another club to continue the celebrations.

"But we used to party for like, three or four days really," Wayne recalled.

As the documentary delved deeper into the depths of the dark underworld of Ibiza's drugs, viewers uncover the stark and sobering reality of how the drug trade had a detrimental impact on the scene's biggest players.

One example is Marvin Herbert – an enforcer for drug gangs in the 90’s – whose activities wound up seeing him shot in the eye by one of his colleagues and Chris Bergliter, a London-based ecstasy supplier, who wound up serving nine years in prison for drug trafficking offences.

“What I’ve done destroyed my life, destroyed my family," Chris recalled of his arrest and separation from his son in the documentary.

Life on the island certainly had an expiry date for most of it's party-going inhabitants, with Wayne later detailing how Ibiza's excessive nature eventually wore him down.

"You can have too much of one thing," he said, adding that the amount of pills he consumed felt like playing 'Russian roulette with my life'.

"I would have stayed in it any longer, I think I probably would have come out differently," he added to LADBible.

"It can damage you, and it can ruin your life."

Ibiza Narcos is coming to Sky Documentaries and NOW on July 7^th