A 39-year-old man from Krakow has been charged after firing a gas gun at police officers during an arrest attempt. Prosecutors say the incident happened on Thursday after 1pm, when police received a report of a man moving around the Wielicka and Bieżanowska streets with an object resembling a firearm. Police located the suspect and, on seeing the officers, he fired three times with a gas gun. The police then fired two warning shots and started a pursuit. The man threw the weapon away and was taken into custody. Officers found mephedrone on him. The case also involves an allegation that the man had previously shown the gas gun to a bystander and tried to force them to take him to a specified location. In court filings, prosecutors said the suspect faces charges of active assault on police officers, attempting to force a person to behave in a certain way, and possession of drugs. Prosecutors also sought pre-trial detention and said the charges must be dealt with under recidivism rules because the man was previously convicted, including for murder, for which he served a multi-year prison sentence.