SLD Deputy in alleged tip off on police raid on organized crime ring

The Kielce prosecutor is investigating the case of Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) Deputy Andrzej Jagiełło who allegedly informed local officials from Starachowice about a planned action of the Central Investigation Bureau (CBŚ). In march 2003 two local officials from Starachowice were arrested together with several other people including policemen, suspected of being a part of an organized crime gang. Jagiełło allegedly warned them of a planned raid, having leant about it from the Deputy Interior Minister, Zbigniew Sobotka. During the investigation Jagiełło said that he did not warn anyone about the planned action, as he did not know about it. Deputy Minister Sobotka categorically denies all charges. The investigation, led by CBŚ, is still in progress. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A1) A.K.