A tourist had his bank accounts drained after he was dosed with a substance dubbed the 'world's scariest drug.
Scopolamine is known as 'The Devil's Breath' and turns people into zombies who will agree to anything before awaking the next day without any memory of what happened.
David Nelson, 27, of Bray, County Wicklow, has told of his horrific experience in Tenerife where he was sprayed in the face with the drug before his attacker took him to an ATM and cleared his bank accounts.
The drug needs only to be blown in a victim's face to overpower them, Dublin Live reports.
Rampant in South America, one Colombian man once reportedly woke up in an ice-bath to find he had 'agreed' to give his kidney away while in the drug's grasp.
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Many criminals put the substance in a sheet of paper then approach people asking them for help.
When the person opens the sheet they blow the drug into their face before robbing them.
Nelson told The Irish Independent how he was approached by a woman in Playa De Las Americias on March 23 before she tried to seduce him.
He said after pushing her away she "sprayed his face with a substance" that police later told him was Devil's Breath.
He said: "I remember very few things after being sprayed. My phone was taken, gold watch, bracelet, €600 [£520] from my wallet and I was then taken to a ATM and the girl proceeded to take what money she could from my Irish and Swiss bank accounts until the cards declined.
"This drug turns you into a zombie.
"I had never heard of this drug before as I'm sure many others haven't either."
The Department of Foreign Affairs has said it is aware of the drug and warns people not to lower their alertness while on holidays.
