Geneva and Lausanne (GenevaLunch) – Authorities are concerned that heroin being passed as cocaine is being sold on the streets. This, authorities say, can be potentially deadly for drug users.
According to authorities, snorting heroin can induce a cardio-respiratory failure. A man died in Geneva this week after snorting heroin which he believed was cocaine. The drug dealer who sold the man the fatal dose was arrested, however, authorities believe there is still more heroin on the streets being passed as cocaine.
Heroin seized by the Canton Vaud Police - Courtesy PCV
In other related news, the Canton Vaud Police announced it had dismantled a network responsible for importing 42 kilos of heroine to Switzerland within a five month period.
Fifteen people were arrested in Lausanne, Zurich and Neuchatel during the o
ne-year operation. Thirteen out of 15 people arrested were from Kosovo, where the authorities say, the drug was coming from.
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News story, GenevaLunch, 7 January 2010.
Filed under: Society
Tags: cocaine, drugs in Switzerland, heroin, police
October 6th, 2010 at 7:36 am
How can you not tell the difference between heroine and cocaine? Seems like the drugs are a little too different to not be able to tell.