State-of-the-art equipment used for destroying explosive materials and detecting illegal drugs has been installed at the Frederic Chopin International Airport in Warsaw.

The advanced technology used in the new equipment allows quicker and more precise specification of a luggage content - says Mariusz Piętka from the local branch of the border guards

“It is a portable X-ray machine to scan unattended luggage. Also it has a pyrotechnic ejector which could be installed on the robot. There are also radio communication devices with parameters which prevent potential terrorists or bombers from using this radio frequency,” he told Polskie Radio.

Customs officers from Warsaw Airport are also the first in the world to receive a special detector able to detect  or ‘sniff out’ narcotics. The portable device weighs twelve kilograms and along with the remaining equipment was purchased by the regional authorities.