15 arrested as Zurich police storm Neugasshof bar
Zurich city police raided the Neugasshof bar in Kreis 5 on the evening of 14 October 2026 on large-scale dealing suspicions, arresting 15 people — 14 remanded, including owner Roland Gisler — and seizing several kilos of cannabis flowers, packed hashish, cocaine, cash and a pistol.
🇨🇭 Kreis 5, Zurich · Switzerland
- Arrested
- 15
City police stormed the well-known Neugasshof milieu bar in Zurich’s
Kreis 5 late on Wednesday evening on the prosecutor’s orders, using
special forces with a battering ram, over suspected large-scale drug
dealing.[1][2]
Fifteen people — twelve men and three women aged 25 to 71 with Swiss,
Hungarian, Italian, Serbian and Croatian citizenship — were arrested;
fourteen stayed in provisional custody, including bar owner and operator
Roland Gisler, convicted of drug dealing in 2021.[1][2] Searching the
building, including its opened floors, officers found several hundred
grammes of cocaine, several kilos of cannabis flowers, packed hashish
portions, a large sum of cash, a pistol with two loaded magazines, a
baseball bat and data carriers.[1][2]
Sources
- Razzia im Neugasshof: Polizei rückt mit Rammbock in Zürcher Milieu-Bar aus. 20 Minuten, 15 October 2026. In German.
- Razzia Neugasshof: 15 Arrested in Zurich Bar Raid. Meyka (via Blick, Tages-Anzeiger, 20 Minuten), 16 October 2026. In English.
Open questions the AI reported
- Only 20 Minuten could be opened directly; the second account below repeats its cited outlets.
- Exact cannabis weight beyond "several kilos of flowers plus packed hashish" was not given.