{"id":174167,"date":"2026-02-03T23:08:30","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T20:08:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/174167\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"polish-defense-official-arrested-for-allegedly-spying-for-belarus","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/174167\/","title":{"rendered":"Polish defense official arrested for allegedly spying for Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>February 3, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> A veteran employee of the Ministry of National Defense of Poland was arrested on February 3 on suspicion of collaborating with Russian and Belarusian intelligence agencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 60-year-old man was apprehended by officers of Poland\u2019s Military Counterintelligence Service and Military Gendarmerie at 8 a.m. upon arrival at his office, reported the news site <em>Onet.pl<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The operation reportedly followed a long investigation by the Military Counterintelligence Service. The suspected spy served for many years as a middle-level official in the department of strategy and defense planning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis person\u2019s activities had been observed for many months and carefully documented and analyzed,\u201d the site said with reference to a source familiar with the operation. \u201cThat is why the evidence collected against him is extremely solid.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There have been no operations of this kind in recent years, and the arrest of a presumed spy inside an institution as sensitive as the Ministry of National Defense should be considered an undeniable and major success of the military counterintelligence, the source said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a press release, the ministry confirmed the arrest and noted that the suspect had been charged with collaborating with foreign intelligence agencies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 3, Pozirk. 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