Police: Šumava National Park operation cost over one million Czech crowns

According to figures released by police, the cost of a recent operation in the Šumava National Park exceeded one million Czech crowns. Police had been stationed in a protected area of the park where environmental activists were holding a blockade to prevent the logging of bark-beetle infested trees for about three weeks. They made countless interventions, often forcibly removing activists who had chained themselves to trees in the vicinity. The operation, which was criticized by a number of NGOs for suspected police brutality resulted in a number of law suits.