The Polish counterintelligence found listening devices in strange places, they spread their hands

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A Polish security services official said on Tuesday that devices had been found and dismantled in a government meeting room intended to be used by ministers. The cabinet met in Katowice, southwestern Poland, where Prime Minister Donald Tusk was attending an economic conference.

It was not immediately clear how long the devices had been there, and the official said he declined to speculate on who placed them. “The State Defense Service, in cooperation with the Internal Security Agency, discovered and dismantled devices suitable for eavesdropping in the room where the meeting of the Council of Ministers is being held today in Katowice,” wrote spokesman Jacek Dobrzinszki on X.

Dobrzinszk told Polish television TVN24 that the equipment can record both audio and video. “It is difficult to say whether these were devices installed years ago that were not discovered before” or whether they were installed recently, he said.” The cabinet usually holds its weekly meeting in Warsaw, but because of the conference, it was held in Katowice.

In March, Polish authorities said they had conducted searches related to a suspected Russian spy network in Poland based on intelligence received from the Czech Republic.

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