Rzeczniczka wojewody śląskiego o "starym elemencie systemu służącego prawdopodobnie do jakiejś wewnętrznej komunikacji"

Źródło: TVN24

As a hub for Western military supplies to Ukraine during the more than two-year war with Russia, Poland has been on heightened alert for spying.

"The State Protection Service, in cooperation with the Internal Security Agency, detected and dismantled devices that could be used for eavesdropping in the room where the meeting of the Council of Ministers is to be held today in Katowice," security services spokesperson Jacek Dobrzyński wrote on X.

"The services (Polish special services - edit.) are carrying out further activities in this matter," we read.

Spokesperson for the Silesian voivode Alicja Waliszewska said later on Tuesday the found device was most likely an element of an old PA system.

"The services reacted properly to this situation," Waliszewska said.

Once the device was removed, the ministers proceeded with the meeting.

The government were to discuss energy policy including the transition away from coal and a programme to soften the impact of high electricity prices on vulnerable households.

On Monday, the government said it was verifying if a Polish judge, who had access to confidential information and asked for political asylum in Belarus, had been spying.