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General Piotr Pytel Detained at the Airport. He Was Supposed to Be on Vacation.

Summary by TVN24.pl
Border Guard officers detained General Piotr Pytel, former head of the Military Counterintelligence Service, at the airport in Pyrzowice, tvn24.pl has learned. Ultimately, he was prevented from flying on vacation because he was banned from leaving the country in an investigation that was legally dismissed two years ago, and he now holds the status of a wronged party.

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General Piotr Pytel, former head of the Military Counterintelligence Service, was detained by the Border Guard at the airport in Pyrzowice. The soldier and his wife wanted to fly on vacation to Turkey. "I submitted my documents for inspection by the Border Guard. After a lengthy review, I was escorted for a personal search. There, I learned that I definitely wouldn't be able to fly out today because I had an active ban on leaving the country," G…

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Border Guard officers detained General Piotr Pytel, former head of the Military Counterintelligence Service, at the airport in Pyrzowice, tvn24.pl has learned. Ultimately, he was prevented from flying on vacation because he was banned from leaving the country in an investigation that was legally dismissed two years ago, and he now holds the status of a wronged party.

·Warsaw, Poland
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General Piotr Pytel was detained by the Border Guard at the airport in Pyrzowice. The former head of the Military Counterintelligence Service (MCIS) wanted to fly to Turkey for vacation. The system still listed a ban on his leaving the country. Justice Minister Waldemar Żurek harshly assessed the circumstances of the case.

The Border Guard did not allow General Piotr Pytel to cross the border because the system showed a current ban on leaving the country, Lt. Szymon Mościcki, spokesman for the Silesian Border Guard, told PAP. As a reminder, in December 2017, Pytel was detained and transported from Krakow to Warsaw, where he was charged by the prosecutor's office with amended charges concerning contacts with the Russian Federal Security Service. The entire situatio…

·Warszawa, Poland
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The Border Guard did not allow General Piotr Pytel to cross the border at the airport in Pyrzowice because the system displayed a current ban on leaving the country, said Lt. Szymon Mościcki, spokesman for the Silesian Border Guard. The ban is related to an investigation that was discontinued two years ago.

Border Guard officers detained General Piotr Pytel at the airport in Pyrzowice, TVN24 reported. The former head of the Military Counterintelligence Service wanted

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TVN24.pl broke the news in Warsaw, Poland on Saturday, September 5, 2026.
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