Swiss police catch more than a dozen drug traffickers in Verbier bust

FILE PHOTO: People enjoy the snow at the season's start in the Verbier Alpine ski resort in Verbier, Switzerland December 2, 2017. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo

GENEVA (Reuters) - Swiss police have arrested 15 drug traffickers operating around the Verbier mountain resort as part of the biggest ever swoop in the surrounding Valais canton, police said on Tuesday.

A multi-month investigation showed that the 15 French nationals were involved in trafficking record drug volumes for the canton, police said. They are suspected of selling over 10 kilograms of cocaine as well as smaller quantities of ketamine, ecstasy and cannabis, some of which was seized.