A SPANISH retreat has been busted by police for giving tourists Amazonian toad poison to help them go on a "mystical astral journey".

Cops seized a huge quantity of mind-bending substances including the toad venom , ayahuasca and hallucinogenic cacti at the Costa Blanca resort.

Global visitors had been paying close to £1,000 to receive a treatment at the spiritual resort which promised guests "mystical" experiences.

The owners promoted themselves as an internationally-renowned, award-winning retreat which helped it draw customers from around the world, officers said.

The facility in Pedreguer, Alicante province, was raided by Spain 's Guardia Civil this week.

Inside they found a "homemade laboratory" which was described as "rudimentary and unhygienic".

Officers managed to se

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