Zbigniew Ziobro may lose his firearms license. The police are investigating

Police officers from the Police Headquarters in Łódź are conducting administrative proceedings aimed at depriving Zbigniew Ziobro of his firearms license – PAP learned unofficially from sources close to the police. The former Minister of Justice has such permission for personal defense purposes.

Earlier, unofficial information on this subject was provided by TVN24.

When asked about Ziobro's case, the spokeswoman of the provincial police commander in Łódź, Komm. Edyta Machnik, refused to confirm that such proceedings were pending against Zbigniew Ziobro.

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“Administrative proceedings in an individual case, in accordance with Article 73 of the Code of Administrative Procedure, are public to the party to these proceedings, and any other persons who are not participants in the proceedings may have access to the files only on the basis of separate regulations and in compliance with the requirements provided for therein, in particular confidentiality. Therefore, making information about the details of the proceedings conducted in his individual case available is only possible to authorities authorized under separate regulations. I would like to add that the relevant official activities implemented are carried out on the basis of the provisions of the Act of 21 May 1999 on weapons and ammunition,” Machnik wrote in a statement.

The case of Zbigniew Ziobro possessing firearms appeared in the public space in 2023 after photos of the then Minister of Justice from a press conference at the Bełchatów Lignite Mine with a gun visible in his belt appeared online.

Zbigniew Ziobro, when asked by journalists about his weapons, stated that he had a Glock 26 pistol and was entitled to have a weapon for personal defense because he had the status of a victim in the investigation into the ordering of his murder.

It was about the case of Jan S., known as the “king of legal highs”. As the prosecutor's office informed then, Jan S. offered 100,000 for the murder of the Minister of Justice, Prosecutor General. PLN, and was to plan them using, among others, an explosive, poison or radioactive element.

According to the prosecutor's office, Jan S. wanted to discontinue work on tightening penalties for the production and trade of legal highs, and he accused Ziobro himself of “spoiling his business.” The man ran a company in the Netherlands that imported and exported chemical materials.

Jan S. also allegedly incited the murder of the prosecutor who was conducting proceedings against him regarding the trade in legal highs and of officers from the narcotics department of the Warsaw Police Headquarters who were busting a criminal group dealing in legal highs.

The trial of Jan S. “the king of legal highs”, accused of, among others, for inciting the murder of Zbigniew Ziobro comes to an end in the Warsaw district court. The next hearing date was set for April 15. (PAP)

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