Zug Police come across a huge quantity of drugs

During a traffic check, the Zug Police made a large discovery of drugs in a car: they thereby found 30 kilograms of khat.

Shortly before 1.45 am on the night of Thursday, 27th February 2025, a police patrol in the municipality of Baar noticed a suspicious vehicle. The car was subsequently stopped and its two occupants checked. During this check, the police found ‘two suitcases full of plant leaves’ in the vehicle, as the Zug police announced in a report on Tuesday.

The Zug police made this drug discovery at the end of February. It involved 30 kilos of khat leaves.
The drugs were hidden in two suitcases.
In Switzerland, khat is considered to be a narcotic, and is banned as it is considered harmful to health and addictive.        Photos: Zug Police

The analysis commissioned from the Forensic Institute in Zurich revealed that these were the narcotic khat. Khat leaves are mainly chewed, and contain stimulating active ingredients that have a similar effect to amphetamines. In Switzerland, khat is considered to be a narcotic, and is prohibited as it is considered addictive and harmful to health, according to the Zug Police. 

The two occupants of the vehicle, a 35-year-old Somali and a 41-year-old Dutchman, will now have to answer to the Public Prosecutor's Office of the Canton of Zug for offences against the Narcotics Act.
 
Khat (Catha edulis), also known as ‘Bushman's tea’, especially in South Africa, is a flowering plant native to eastern and southeastern Africa. It has a history of cultivation originating in the Harar area (in present day eastern Ethiopia).

Source: Zug Police