Serbian Man, 48, Arrested Near Zurich, 60 kg Drugs Seized

Zurich Cantonal Police arrested two men in Dällikon, near Zurich, on Thursday, October 15, 2026: a 48-year-old Serbian national and a 33-year-old Swiss national. Officers seized more than 60 kilograms of drugs and a large amount of cash, police said on Saturday, October 17.

Both men were handed over to prosecutors on suspicion of drug trafficking. Guilt has not been established, and neither the names nor the initials of the suspects have been released.

How did the operation in Dällikon begin?

Zurich Cantonal Police investigators were watching a suspicious meeting between the two men in the early afternoon. When they searched the 48-year-old Serbian national, they found about two kilograms of cocaine.

When officers tried to stop the 33-year-old Swiss man, he tried to flee in his car. In its press release, police described what he did while driving:

“During the drive, he threw more than 40,000 euros and a mobile phone out of the vehicle and tried to evade the check.”

The original statement is in German and is given here in translation. The escape failed: police stopped and arrested the Swiss man, then carried out several house searches. The Swiss portal 20 Minuten, which relayed the police release, gives the same figure of 40,000 euros. Kurir, citing Swiss media, writes that the money was scattered across the road and that the Swiss man was arrested soon afterward.

What was found in the searches?

According to the release, the searches turned up six types of drugs, along with prescription medication:

• about 12 kilograms of cocaine
• 34 kilograms of amphetamine
• several kilograms each of ketamine, methamphetamine and cannabis
• several thousand ecstasy tablets

Police put the total seizure at more than 60 kilograms of drugs. From the two suspects they also seized about 30,000 Swiss francs and about 57,000 euros. The release does not say whether that amount includes the money thrown from the car.

What happens next in the case?

The Zurich prosecutor’s office has asked the compulsory measures court to order pretrial detention for both men. The release does not say whether the court has already ruled, or whether the suspects were previously known to police.

The arrests took place on Thursday, but the public was informed only two days later. Serbian media reported the news on Sunday, October 18, after the release appeared on the canton of Zurich’s website.