Kubice signs German-Czech treaty to combat drug trafficking

Germany and the Czech Republic have signed a treaty to intensify the fight against drug trafficking. The agreement was signed on Monday by Czech Interior Minister Jan Kubice and his German counterpart Hans-Peter Friedrich. The volume of drugs smuggled from the Czech Republic and seized by German police, with pervetin (methamphetamine) chief among them has recently shown a steep increase. Czech-German groups operating at the ministries and in the border regions are to help deal with the problem. Czech drivers have complained in recent years of being harassed by German police. Mr Kubice says German road patrols would not stop but would not be increased. He added that he asked the Germans to use official police cars and uniformed police for the checks.