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17-yr-old hits 180kph in centre of Geneva during wild police chase

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 18:17:05 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A 17-year-old youth led police on a wild car chase through the streets of Geneva and the autoroute around the city early Monday morning 26 December, reports Le Matin. He reportedly stole a VW Golf in Eysins Sunday night. The car was spotted by border guards near La Croix-de-Rozon at 05:40, then [...]

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Police bust Valais-Italy cocaine ring

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 10:12:46 +0000

GenevaLunch.com SION, SWITZERLAND – A Swiss-Italian cocaine ring operating between Milan and canton Valais, mainly in the Val d’Anniviers and Goms Valley areas, was dismantled at the end of January, police say. The investigation continued for several weeks. Seven people were arrested and five remain behind bars, one of them a Swiss man from Valais and [...]

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Customs seizes melted margarine and cocaine in the vegetables

Ellen Wallace — Mon, 23 May 2011 12:01:41 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Customs officers in Geneva, at the Bardonnex post, had the slippery task Monday 23 May of destroying 2,470kg of melting margarine that was carried last week in a regular truck, under tarpaulin, from Portugal. The wholesaler in Geneva who ordered the goods told officials that he was planning to re-refrigerate it and [...]

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Weighed down by cocaine, light on the Bible: police nab man

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 19 May 2011 13:43:50 +0000

GenevaLunch.com ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – Police in Zurich arrested an unusual-looking drug runner Wednesday at Kloten Airport, a man disguised as a missionary, complete with flowing robes. The Romanian man, whose costume was impeccable, nevertheless raised the suspicions of a customs officer who checked his bag and didn’t find a Bible. The 37-year-old man was x-rayed and [...]

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Drug bust in Geneva, 5 people arrested

Laila Rodriguez — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 11:41:24 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – A drug bust this past weekend in Geneva resulted in five people arrested and 10 kilos of cocaine seized. According to information first presented by the Tribune de Genève, and confirmed by Geneva prosecutor, Adrian Holloway, a Spanish national and four Colombians were arrested for their alleged involvement in the trafficking [...]

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Police seize drugs, cash during Nyon refugee center search

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 17:45:33 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Nyon, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Some CHF7,000 in cash, 1.5kg of marijuana and 93 packets (85 grams) of cocaine were seized by authorities in canton Vaud Tuesday 22 February when they accompanied staff from the Nyon refugee centre, Établissement vaudois d’accueil des migrants (EVAM), on a search of the premises. Forty-seven of the 101 single men [...]

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Banana and coke, another day at the Swiss office

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 22:58:08 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Zurich, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Emmenthal, Graubuenden, Thurgau: conservative Swiss cantons suddenly found themselves in the news Thursday evening 25 November as the accidental recipients of 100 kg of cocaine, with a street value of CHF1.5 million. The coke, in small packets, was discovered in crates of bananas in several locations. Federal authorities say it was [...]

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No cocaine in my wine, please

Ellen Wallace — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 11:23:34 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) -Magnetic Resonance Symmetry (MRS), the technique behind MRI scans done in hospitals could well be adopted by customs officials, if Swiss researchers in Lausanne and Geneva have their way. MRS has been shown by the group to be useful for scanning large cargoes and spotting cocaine that is being smuggled in wine [...]

Water cartons gave away CHF50.5m drug traffickers

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 09:57:02 +0000

GenevaLunch.com 17 people behind bars, 15kg cocaine and CHF80,000 seized Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Seventeen members of a Nigerian drug trafficking group have now been arrested, say canton Vaud police, who have been working with Lausanne-based border guards, and Dutch and French police. The leader of the group has been arrested at his base in The [...]

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UK designer McQueen took mix of drugs before death

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 21:26:55 +0000

GenevaLunch.com British fashion designer Alexander McQueen took a mix of cocaine, tranquilizers and sleeping pills before he hanged himself 11 February, an inquest in the UK has determined. McQueen suffered from what his psychiatrist called a mixed anxiety and depressive disorder. He had been checking the Internet for ways to commit suicide before his death, which [...]

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