Gang accused of large-scale production of methamphetamine

A gang accused of large-scale production of the illegal drug methamphetamine have been arrested in Ostrava, north Moravia. The six men apprehended at the end of November are accused of producing up to 20,000 doses of methamphetamine a month; police said in the week they had monitored the group they had produced CZK 2 million worth of the drug. A police spokesperson said they had received reports it had become very hard to find methamphetamine in Ostrava and the nearby city of Opava since the arrests were made.