Cops smash African drug ring.Swiss police have arrested about 50 people involved in cocaine trafficking, most of them Nigerians. Police said the break-through followed a ten-month investigation across Europe. About 21 kilograms of the drug were seized in the operation which spanned Austria, Belgium, France, Germany and Switzerland, said cantonal can·ton n. 1. a. A small territorial division of a country, especially one of the states of Switzerland. b. A subdivision of an arrondissement in France. 2. police in Vaud. The alleged ringleader ring·lead·er n. A person who leads others, especially in illicit or informal activities. ringleader Noun a person who leads others in illegal or mischievous actions Noun 1. , a 56-year-old Togo national living in Belgium, was arrested last November in Switzerland. He was carrying SFr 147,500 ($142,000) in cash at the time of the arrest. A 50-year-old Lithuanian woman suspected of being his accomplice accomplice: see accessory. was also arrested by the Swiss police when she tried to bring in cocaine in late June. The investigation began in July 2007 following an arrest at Geneva Geneva, canton and city, Switzerland Geneva (jənē`və), Fr. Genève, canton (1990 pop. 373,019), 109 sq mi (282 sq km), SW Switzerland, surrounding the southwest tip of the Lake of Geneva. airport. A 34-year-old Cameroon national was found to have 22 pounds of cocaine stashed in a hidden compartment compartment a part of the body as a whole and divided from the rest by a physical partition. fluid compartment that liquid part of the body excluded by cell membranes. Includes intravascular and intercellular compartments. of a suitcase. Others suspected of involvement in the drug trafficking network were arrested in the Swiss towns of Yverdon and Biel/Bienne. A used-car salesman in Bern is suspected of laundering the money from the network, police said. |
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