Polish Special Services said they discovered and dismantled “devices that could be used for eavesdropping” in a room where the Polish Council of Ministers – including Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk – were set to meet in Katowice on Tuesday, May 6.
The meeting continued as planned after the device was removed.
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“The State Protection Service, in cooperation with the Internal Security Agency, detected and dismantled devices that could be used for eavesdropping in the room where the meeting of the Council of Ministers is to be held today in Katowice.
“The services are carrying out further activities in this matter,” reported Jacek Dobrzyński, press spokesman for the Polish Minister Coordinator of Special Services, on X (formerly known as Twitter).
Służba Ochrony Państwa we współpracy z Agencją Bezpieczeństwa Wewnętrznego wykryła i zdemontowała urządzenia mogące służyć do podsłuchu w sali gdzie dziś w Katowicach ma odbyć się posiedzenie Rady Ministrów. Służby prowadzą dalsze czynności w tej sprawie pic.twitter.com/OOdZPSiifU
— Jacek Dobrzyński (@JacekDobrzynski) May 7, 2024
Col. Bogusław Piórkowski, press spokesman for the Commander of the State Protection Service, told Polish news outlet RMF24 that the device was discovered during a routine check.
Authorities said investigations are ongoing to establish the device’s origin, though a local official told RMF24 that it was once used for communication between officials.
“According to my information, it is a device that was used for communication between distant rooms and was installed by a former, retired office employee,” said Alicja Waliszewska, spokesperson of the Silesian province, who added that she has no knowledge of when the device might’ve been installed.
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Tomasz Siemoniak, a coordinator of the Polish Special Services, told Polish media TVN24 it’s not possible at present to determine if the device was present throughout the years but simply not detected.
On Monday, Warsaw said it launched an investigation on the judge who defected to Belarus in relation to potential spying activities. In March, Polish authorities conducted a raid on an alleged Russian spy network and issued a jail sentence to two Russian spies in April.
However, it is not known if the Kremlin was involved in the latest wiretap incident.
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