First Swiss prison sentence dished out for blowing up ATMs

The 31-year-old Romanian was extradited from Austria to Switzerland after police found his DNA at the scene of the 2019 crime in the eastern canton of St Gallen.

The robbers took CHF126,600 ($134,000) in cash and caused CHF100,000 in damage, the Federal Criminal Court heard.

The convicted man, who has already served 552 days in prison whilst awaiting trial, will be barred from entering Switzerland for 10 years once he has served his sentence.

Growing trend
Federal police have sounded the alarm at a growing number of foreign criminal gangs coming into Switzerland to explode ATMs.