Police arrest 15 drug dealers in Verbier in southern Switzerland

Swiss and French police have arrested 15 suspected drug dealers operating in the mountain resort of Verbier in southern Switzerland. They also seized large quantities of narcotics and arrested 20 consumers during a year-long investigation. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The suspects, French nationals, mainly operated in the resort of Verbier in canton Valais. They were not working together, but on the same territory, the Valais cantonal police told the Keystone-ATS news agency on Monday, stressing that "never before have so many drug-related people been arrested in one place". The police investigation uncovered the sale of large quantities of narcotics, including 10 kilogrammes of cocaine, as well as ketamine, ecstasy and cannabis. Eight of the suspected traffickers are still in custody "as there is a risk that those accused who are not domiciled in Switzerland might abscond". + Crack cocaine crisis escalates in Switzerland Drugs were seized at the ...