Switzerland: Albanian attempted to sell detergents for undercover police cocaine, convicted of fraud

A 28-year-old Albanian has been sentenced by Swiss authorities after attempting to deceive an undercover police investigator, selling laundry detectors instead of cocaine.

The event took place at the Zürich train station and ended with the arrest of the young man just minutes after the delivery of <x0medulous”).

According to Swiss media and the Zürich-Limmat criminal order of the Prosecutor, contact between the two was decided through a Facebook profile named “Helo Halil”. After online communications, the parties had agreed to sell 50 grams of cocaine against the amount of 4000 Swiss francs.

The meeting took place on 2 January, about 20:25, near a track at the main train station in Zürich. The suspect handed the investigator a ash - colored sock, within which was a hermetically closed plastic bag, claiming to contain ordered narcotics.

However, when the agent demanded that the package be opened to verify the contents, the 28-year-old refused. Following the arrest and control of the substance by the authorities, it proved that there was no cocaine in the bag, but laundry detectors.

According to the Swiss newspaper Neue Zürcher ZeitungThe prosecution, not accused the young man of narcotics trafficking, but of attempting fraud. The legal argument is based on the fact that he had attempted to profit illegally by exploiting the trust of the buyers and offering a fake product that could not be immediately controlled, the clancosova broadcasts.

The 28-year-old, who had no permanent residence in Switzerland, was held in custody for two days.

In the end, he was sentenced to a fine of 1,200 Swiss francs, as well as 800 additional francs for judicial spending.