A Russian citizen was arrested in Poland for photographing a train and critical infrastructure for foreign intelligence - the Polish police arrested a 55-year-old Russian man suspected of activities for foreign intelligence. The man was spotted in the town of Świdnica, Lower Silesia, filming passing trains and railway infrastructure. The court sent him to detention for three months. As the Lower Silesian Police reported, identification documents, professional photographic equipment, mobile phones and hard drives were found and confiscated from the detainee - in electronic means of communication were hundreds of thousands of files with photographs of various objects, including important and critical transportation infrastructure not only in Poland, but also abroad. According to the investigators, the man photographed elements of the railway and transportation infrastructure as well as production facilities, with the intention of transferring the images to foreign intelligence. He was charged under the criminal article "Activity for the sake of foreign intelligence against the Republic of Poland"; The man is expected to be imprisoned for at least five years. The arrest happened during a tour of the city of Schwednica after a football match. The officers noticed a man in a Volkswagen who was standing at an unregulated railroad crossing and tried to get away in front of the workers. He was later spotted near a railroad track. After verification it turned out that he came to work in Poland.

A Russian citizen was arrested in Poland for photographing a train and critical infrastructure for foreign intelligence - the Polish police arrested a 55-year-old Russian man suspected of activities for foreign intelligence. The man was spotted in the town of Świdnica, Lower Silesia, filming passing trains and railway infrastructure. The court sent him to detention for three months. As the Lower Silesian Police reported, identification documents, professional photographic equipment, mobile phones and hard drives were found and confiscated from the detainee - in electronic means of communication were hundreds of thousands of files with photographs of various objects, including important and critical transportation infrastructure not only in Poland, but also abroad. According to the investigators, the man photographed elements of the railway and transportation infrastructure as well as production facilities, with the intention of transferring the images to foreign intelligence. He was charged under the criminal article "Activity for the sake of foreign intelligence against the Republic of Poland"; The man is expected to be imprisoned for at least five years. The arrest happened during a tour of the city of Schwednica after a football match. The officers noticed a man in a Volkswagen who was standing at an unregulated railroad crossing and tried to get away in front of the workers. He was later spotted near a railroad track. After verification it turned out that he came to work in Poland.