Slovak could get 10 years for possession of quarter million pills containing pseudoephedrine

A Slovak man arrested with 100 kilogrammes of medicines that can be used to produce methamphetamine has been remanded in custody in the Moravian city of Olomouc. The 48-year-old could face up to 10 years in jail if found guilty of the especially serious crime of unauthorised production and handling of narcotic and psychotropic substances and poisons. Police found a quarter of a million pills containing pseudoephedrine, valued at CZK 2 million, in his car when it crashed on Thursday.

Author: Ian Willoughby