Five-hundred strong police force operation busts up notorious Pruszkow gang

Last Thursday the police managed to finally eliminate the Pruszkow gang, one of the most dangerous criminal groups in Poland says Pawel Biedziak the spokesman of the general police headquarters. The operation, in which 500 police officers were involved, started last Monday night. For the first time the police went straight to the leaders, and managed to arrest some and issue warrants for Andrzej Zielinski, Ryszard Szwarcem, Miroslaw Danielak, the most dangerous gangsters in the country. The Pruszkow gang extorted money, smuggled alcohol and cigarettes, transported cocaine and heroine and produced amphetamines. Lately they have been buying land, restaurants, and discos. (Gazeta Wyborcza, page 6)