Nespresso cocaine traffickers get 15 years in prison

Three drugs traffickers have been handed 15 year jail terms after shipping a 500kg cocaine haul through Nespresso facilities in Switzerland. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The Criminal Court of Basel-Country handed out the jail terms after the trio had tried unsuccessfully to retreive the drugs in the Swiss canton in 2022. In its verdict handed down on Thursday, the court largely followed the indictment delivered on January 21 during the trial. + Read how detectives followed a cocaine trail from a Nespresso plant Prosecutors had demanded partially heavier sentences of 15 years, 17 years and two months and 19 years and four months imprisonment for the three Albanian defendants. The defence had sought their acquittal, contesting the weight of the evidence. The judges found the defendants guilty of violating the law on narcotics. They also ordered their expulsion from Switzerland for 15 years. According to the indictment, the men, aged 31, 32 and 34 ...