At Warsaw Airport, they caught a Ukrainian with equipment for jamming signals

A 23-year-old Ukrainian man, Illya S., was detained at Warsaw’s Okęcie Airport with a radio jammer.

This was reported by Rzeczpospolita.

According to the outlet, on December 26 the young Ukrainian citizen ordered coffee and snacks, set a laptop on the table, and spent six hours in an airport café.

Such behavior aroused suspicion among airport security staff. The man was searched, and officers found prohibited signal-jamming equipment on him. The device operated in frequency bands reserved for aviation communications and navigation.

He was detained, and the next day he was charged under a provision of Poland’s Criminal Code concerning an attempted act threatening the safety of air traffic, and he was remanded in custody for a month.

Illya S. was unable to clearly explain why he needed to create radio interference at a piece of critical infrastructure.

The 23-year-old claims he lives in Canada, but did not explain why he came to Poland.

According to the newspaper’s sources, the detainee also contradicted himself in his statements: at first he claimed he was a soldier, but later said he was a businessman.

The Warsaw–Ochota District Prosecutor’s Office has opened an investigation into the incident.