Police report jump in amount of cocaine seized

Police have reported seizing eight times more cocaine in 2007 in the Czech Republic than the previous year. According to information revealed in an annual report released on Friday more than 37 kilograms were seized in the Czech Republic last year. The country’s anti-drug unit is attributing the rise in the drug’s popularity to cheaper prices. According to police, most of the cocaine was smuggled either from South America or from the Netherlands. Along with cocaine, Czech police also reported having seized 20 kilograms of heroin and 122 kilos of marijuana last year.