Obama flies to Gulf oil spill to reassure
GenevaLunch News US President Barack Obama has flown to New Orleans, Louisiana, to reassure residents of the area following the accident where an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico exploded and sank,...
View ArticleSwiss customs agents seized 200 fake game consoles (update)
GenevaLunch News Update 9 February / Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Customs agents in Geneva seized some 200 contraband game consoles and 20 pieces of contraband gym equipment in December, the...
View ArticleSting taken out of wildlife smuggler’s market binge
GenevaLunch News A regular airport scan spotted animals in a man’s suitcases, but the sheer size and variety of the smuggled wildlife were a daunting haul by any standards. The live creatures the...
View ArticlePolice seize drugs, cash during Nyon refugee center search
GenevaLunch News 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...
View ArticleCannabis haul near Nyon ends neighbours’ marijuana perfume
GenevaLunch News Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Police in canton Vaud were alerted in January to 900 marijuana plants in a hangar in Coinsins by a neighbour who complained that a strong smell of...
View ArticlePolice bust Valais-Italy cocaine ring
GenevaLunch News 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,...
View ArticleHefty fines for being hobbled by diamonds at Geneva train station
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Four large pearls, 750 black and white diamonds and several pieces of jewelry were tucked under knee braces worn by a man stopped by customs officers at Cornavin...
View ArticleDrug pair caught in Geneva by cross-border crime team
GenevaLunch News 12 Africans arrested in Visp asylum centre ring bust GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Swiss and French border guards who are part of a mixed surveillance group nabbed two people on a...
View ArticleDiamond thieves in massive heist at Swiss plane in Brussels (update)
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Diamonds, being loaded onto a Helvetic Airways plane in Brussels Monday were stolen when a Brinks security agency team was attacked by armed men, the airport...
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