Illegal gambling network dismantled - Photo Vaud police
Prilly, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Vaud cantonal police seized CHF10,000 and questioned 27 people in connection with an illegal gambling operation at the “La Rapille” restaurant in Prilly, west of Lausanne.
According to police, “17 of the 27 detained for questioning were betting illegally on rummy games.”
The Vaud cantonal police in cooperation with the cantonal business investigation unit and the West Lausanne police, stormed the restaurant at around midnight on Friday 1 October.
Of the 17 people cited for illegal gambling, one was a Swiss national; the rest of the group, police said, were Kosovars, Serbians and Macedonians, ranging from 20, to over 50 years of age. Authorities say two computers also found on the premises allowed patrons to bet illegally on-line.
Over 25 law-enforcement personnel participated in the operation.
Mercedez Benz impounded - Photo Fribourg cantonal police
Fribourg, Switzerland (GenevaLunch.com) – A Swedish driver was arrested and his Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG impounded after pushing the 570-horsepower engine to 290 kilometers per hour on a Swiss highway.
The 37-year-old Swede traveling on A12 from Bern to Lausanne, was spotted by Vaud cantonal police at around 13:00, arrested and turned over to the police in the western canton of Fribourg on Friday 6 August.
The driver, whose license was seized, could face a CHF1 million fine.
The Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG, unveiled at the 2009 Frankfurt auto show, is a luxury grand touring car and reaches a top speed of 317 km/hr.
The car is well known among video-game fans for being featured in a new PlaySyation 3 racing game.
Vehicle sales began only recently in Europe. Its base sticker price is CHF245,000.
Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Canton Vaud police are investigating an incident in which a dog on a leash attacked a ten-month-old baby in his pram Wednesday 9 December in Préverenges, a suburb of Lausanne. The baby had to be hospitalized with injuries to his head and eye, although police spokesman Denis Pittet told GenevaLunch that the child was out of danger and the injuries did not threaten the child’s eyesight, contrary to a report in the Swiss-German newspaper, Blick 14 December.
The dog, a pitbull, was being walked by a professional walker with four other dogs, when the dog attacked the child, apparently unprovoked. The child’s mother pulled the dog off her baby, and called an ambulance. The animal is currrently being held by the cantonal veterinary service and will be examined Thursday 17 December, according to Pittet.
Busy Lake Geneva!
Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Lake Geneva’s paddlesteamers and swimmers are not a good mix, a point that the police and CGN boat company would like to put across strongly as summer begins. “This year, we’ll be stricter,” says Claude-Alain Bart of the Vaud Brigade du Lac. New legislation went into effect in January 2009 and police say they will be tougher this summer with lawbreakers who swim in areas where the large boats dock or who go closer than 100 metres to the large craft, either swimming or in smaller boats.
Police and the Compagnie Générale de Navigation (CGN) are starting a public awareness campaign to educate lake-goers on the new safety rules, which are designed to reduce incidents involving swimmers, especially young swimmers, who approach CGN boats near landing docks and potentially put their lives at risk.
