Bavarian police report steep rise in drug trafficking from Czech Republic

Bavarian police are dealing with a steep rise in drug trafficking from the neighbouring Czech Republic. The Bavarian authorities say the problem concerns mainly the home-made drug pervitin, known in Germany as Crystal, which is being smuggled across the border both by Czech dealers and by German nationals who buy it on Czech territory to take home. While in 2009 police confiscated 1 kilogram of the drug, in 2011 the overall amount was 17 kilos. The Bavarian authorities complain that excessive tolerance toward drugs in the Czech Republic is to blame.