The suspects were unable to explain the nature of the seized devices and have been taken into custody in Poland<\/p>\n
Police in Poland have detained three Ukrainian nationals allegedly found in possession of spying and hacking equipment.
\nThe suspects were apprehended during a routine traffic stop in Warsaw, police said in a statement on Monday. The three men claimed they had been \u201ctraveling Europe\u201d and had arrived in Poland just a few hours previously, and were next set to drive to Lithuania. Officers saw that the men were agitated and opted to search the vehicle, the statement noted.
\n\u201cSuspicious items that could even be used to interfere with the country\u2019s strategic information systems\u201d were discovered, police said, adding that the men were in possession of a large number of SIM cards, antennas, laptops, routers, cameras, advanced hacking equipment, and a \u201cspy device detector.\u201d<\/p>\n
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The suspects were reportedly unable to explain the nature of the hardware and refused to cooperate with the police. \u201cThey claimed to be computer scientists, and when asked more precise questions, they forgot English and pretended not to understand what was being said to them,\u201d the force stated.<\/p>\n
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The group were taken into pre-trial detention on suspicion of \u201cfraud, computer fraud, and the acquisition of devices and computer programs adapted to commit crimes.\u201d Investigators are currently trying to establish why exactly the suspects had traveled to Poland.
\nThe incident comes less than a month after the Polish authorities accused two Ukrainian nationals of sabotaging a railway line between Warsaw and Lublin, detonating an explosive device on tracks and installing a derailment clamp in two separate incidents. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk claimed the suspects had been working \u201cwith the Russian intelligence for a long time\u201d and had fled to Belarus after the incidents.
\nMoscow has rejected the accusations, with Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stating that \u201cit would be really strange if Russia wasn\u2019t the first one to be blamed\u201d for the sabotage.
\n\u201cHowever, the very fact that Ukrainian citizens are once again implicated in acts of sabotage and terrorism against critical infrastructure is noteworthy,\u201d Peskov said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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