Police bust five cocaine dealers in Chur.
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The cantonal police of Graubünden in eastern Switzerland have arrested and convicted five cocaine dealers in Chur within a week.
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According to a statement on Friday, they seized almost a quarter of a kilogramme of the drug during house, personal and car checks.
The five young men acted independently of each other in two groups of two and as a single offender. One of the groups consisted of a 20-year-old Serb and a 24-year-old Kosovar, another of a 25-year-old Portuguese and a 22-year-old Brazilian.
According to the police, a 33-year-old Kosovar was dealing in narcotics alone. The men live in the cantons Graubünden or St Gallen.
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On behalf of the public prosecutor’s office, the cantonal police arrested all five dealers at the end of June and beginning of July. Four of them were remanded in custody.
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