South African found with grenade detained in Poland

A South African man will be spending three months behind bars in Poland after he was reportedly arrested in possession of a grenade and other dangerous weapons.

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SOUTH AFRICAN NABBED IN THE CAPITAL OF POLAND

The First NEWS reports that a Warsaw court decided to arrest the South African for three months after planning to leave Warsaw’s Chopin Airport with four pieces of ammunition and a grenade in his luggage.

It is reported that Warsaw’s Chopin Airport was evacuated on Monday after the Border Guard detained the South African carrying a grenade and four pieces of ammunition.

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GRENADE AMONG DANGEROUS WEAPONS FOUND WITH THE LOCAL

“A South African citizen has been charged by the prosecution with posing a risk to the life and health of many people, with possessing ammunition and a grenade without a licence, and with forcing another person to behave in a concrete way,” PAP was told on Wednesday by Dagmara Bielec, a spokeswoman for the Nadwislanski branch of the Border Guard.

On Monday, four pieces of ammunition were found in the cabin luggage of the 41-year-old South African citizen. Later, a grenade was found in his checked luggage. 

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EVACUATION PROCESSES ACTIVATED AT THE AIRPORT

Four hundred people were evacuated from the airport in connection with the incident, according to The First NEWS.

According to Bielec, the man told border guards on Monday that he had not been aware of the fact that he had ammunition in his luggage, and that he had no plans to carry it while crossing the border.

According to the publication, the man came to Poland from Ukraine.

The identity of the South African has been kept under wraps. No additional information is known about this arrest.

This is a developing story. An update will be published as and when new information is available.

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