He was also accused of illegal possession of a military weapon.
Former chief commander of the Polish police Jaroslaw Szymczyk faces an indictment for launching a grenade launcher in his office in the Police Presidium building. This was reported on Tuesday, according to the report of PAP.
Antoni Skiba, a spokesman for the District Prosecutor’s Office in Warsaw, announced that Szymczyka was charged with illegal possession of RGW-90 pomegrants. Grenade launcher is a military weapon and its possession is prohibited by civilians. According to the expertise of the Polish Military Institute of Arms, which was requested by the prosecutor’s office, the pomegranomeet was also a functional and set up to the “Detonation” mode.
According to one point of indictment, they brought a grenade launcher from Ukraine without reporting to the customs authorities on the border, which represents illegal possession of a weapon. The second point concerns the unintentional threat to the life and health of several people present at the Police Presidium at a time when Szymczyk, 14 December 2022, inadvertently fired in his office.
He learned about the case from the media
For the first act, Szymczyk is punishable by a term of imprisonment of six months to eight years, for the second act of a sentence of three months to five years.
In Tuesday’s comments for Radio RMF FM Szymczyk, he said that he had learned of the whole case from the media and the prosecutor did not allow him to explain to him, he did not recognize any of the evidence presented by him and did not allow him to look into the investigative files. “In this way, the right to defend myself was taken. During my time in the police, I have not yet encountered the case that fundamental rights were thus open, “Szymczyk said, adding that the truth is not afraid.
The explosion in the Police Presidium building in Warsaw occurred after his visit to Ukraine. Szymczyk later said to the media that the grenade launch was a gift from the Ukrainian security forces and thought it was inoperative. He suffered a light ear injury in the incident. The Public Prosecutor’s Office also conducts proceedings on the possible failure to fulfill the service duties by the police. It is a non -control of pomegranate and non -vascular residence after the explosion.
