Athens, Aug 27: British holidaymakers may have deserted the cool waters of Blackpool for drunken debauchery in the Greek sunshine but Blackpool, it seems, is coming after them.

The long arm of the northern English resort's police will reach out to Faliraki this week when a team of three Blackpool officers visits to help authorities on the island of Rhodes tackle raucous British tourists, Greek police said Tuesday.
Three Britons have died in drink-fueled incidents this summer in Faliraki. Its nightclubs and bars are a magnet for hundreds of thousands of young people, and drunkenness and lewd behavior have led locals to brand some the "ugly Britons."
Britain offered to help out after scandalized Greek authorities cracked down and the news hit headlines back home.
"The British officers will be in Faliraki to offer advice, but they will not be involved in any police operation," Greek police spokesman Lefteris Economou told reporters.
They will exchange methods and experiences with our officers and what they have done to contain problems in Blackpool and they will remain in Faliraki for three days," a Greek police official said. Bureau Report