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A drug distribution gang has been uncovered in western Hungary and the Zitny ostrov region of south-western Slovakia in a joint operation between Hungarian police and the Slovak national crime agency, with two alleged gang leaders apprehended.
Drug distribution gang busted
The Hungarian Rapid Response Police National Bureau of Investigation said on the police.hu website on Tuesday that efforts had been under way for several years “to fight the distribution of a popular Slovak drug informally known as piko”.
“The production of methamphetamine under the name Pervitin has a tradition going back to many decades in Slovakia, with the drug being supplied to neighbouring countries including Hungary,” it said.
Fully ten people were taken in custody in a joint operation involving 90 officers in Győr, Tatabánya and Oroszlány last weekend, it added. Investigators seized crytal meth, EUR 8,000 and HUF 1.5 million (EUR 3,800) in cash and equipment used in a drug lab producing Pervitin.