Gun-toting former minister arrested drunk at the wheel
PR dla Zagranicy
Nick Hodge
07.04.2014 11:21
A former deputy minister of the interior has been arrested for allegedly firing bullets while drunk at the wheel of his car.
Photo: sxc.hu
Zbigniew R. (full name withheld under Polish privacy laws) was detained on Sunday night while entering the A2 motorway at Nowy Tomysl, western Poland.
Police had been tipped off by a member of the public that a driver had been seen firing indiscriminate shots into the air.
After the arrest, a section of the road was closed off so that police offers could search for the incriminating cartridges. The gun, for which the suspect had a permit, has been confiscated.
Zbigniew R. served as deputy minister of the interior in 2007 as a member of the Law and Justice party.
He is currently sobering up in police custody. (nh)
Source: IAR