This word of warning regarding drugs
in resort was forwarded to Natives earlier today:
'Several years ago in Verbier a smart
young man took a job in one of the local shops and decided
to increase his income by selling drugs.
'All went well, he was making money
and a number of staff were paying over their wages to him.
'However Switzerland is not like the
UK. The Swiss police decided they had had enough and tapped
his phone, you don't need permission there, just a local
order. They bided their time, then one early morning in
March they swooped, gathered up 40 people and took them
off down the valley. Again Switzerland
is not like the UK, they can keep you in prison without
telling anyone were you are and for as long as they feel
like and they don't have to take you to court.
'When the local police decided they
had sorted it out entirely to their satisfaction they threw
all of them out of the country. With their passports stamped
either no return or no return for a certain number of years.
Not a good idea to get this on your passport as it stops
you travelling on.
'The pusher got find over 50000 Swiss
Francs which put him and his parents into considerable debt.
'So be warned in Switzerland the Swiss
have their own problem they definitely do not take kindly
to foreigners adding to it.'
[Addendum: On 18 December, seven workers
were deported from Val Thorens for drug offences]
