Police face disciplinary proceedings for violating foot-and-mouth ban

Police officers are facing disciplinary proceedings for letting a truck cross the Czech-Slovak border crossing in Střelná in violation of an existing ban due to foot-and-mouth disease in Slovakia. The only crossing in the Zlín Region that trucks coming from Slovakia can now use is Starý Hrozenkov. Agriculture Minister Marek Výborný described this as inexcusable negligence in view of the danger of the disease spreading. The latest outbreak of foot-and-mouth in Slovakia was reported just 40 km from the Czech border.