Man Flying Drone Deported, Banned From Poland

A YOUNG Ukrainian man has been deported from Poland and banned from entering Schengen area countries for 5 years, aft flying a drone illegally complete nan centre of Warsaw connected nan evening of September 15. The 21-year-old man was detained astatine nan scene, on pinch a 17-year-old Belarusian girl, though nan second was treated arsenic a witnesser and released later on.

The drone, exemplary not disclosed officially, was recovered flying complete respective delicate sites successful nan capital, including nan statesmanlike residence, nan Belweder Palace, and adjacent authorities buildings. Police detected and brought down nan craft, recovered to beryllium successful usurpation of Poland’s Aviation Law, which prohibits nan cognition of drones successful a restricted zone, which are marked pinch informing signs. The man, admitting guilt, was fined 4,000 zlotys, aliases astir €940, and escorted to a separator checkpoint for deportation to Ukraine.

Officials investigated nan individual, successful peculiar his mobile devices, and recovered nary nexus to immoderate espionage schemes. There was nary grounds of immoderate interaction pinch overseas intelligence services.

This follows an incident connected September 10 successful which Russian drones reportedly violated Polish airspace successful an attempted onslaught connected nan Rzeszow airport. This incident has near Polish officials connected precocious alert for immoderate much incidents linked to espionage aliases gathering of intelligence.