The Czech and German interior ministers met in Prague on Thursday to
discuss means of curbing drug-smuggling across the common border. Bavaria
and Saxony report a steep rise in drug trafficking from the neighbouring
Czech Republic. The authorities say the problem concerns mainly the
home-made drug pervitin, known in Germany as Crystal, and cheap marihuana,
smuggled across the border both by Czechs and German tourists. There have
even been cases of German dealers paying Czechs to come and make the drug
pervitin in Germany. The two sides have agreed to intensify cooperation
between customs officials, police and the judiciary.