Polish ex-ministers head for jail as police swoop on presidential palace

Polish Minister of Interior Mariusz Kaminski meets his counterparts German Nancy Faeser and French Gerald Darmanin, at a temporary accommodation centre for people fleeing Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Korczowa, Poland, March 10, 2022. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/ File Photo

WARSAW (Reuters) -Police entered Poland's presidential palace to detain two of their former bosses on Tuesday, executing a court order to take the ex-interior minister and his deputy to prison and escalating a row between the head of state and the new government.

Prime Minister Donald Tusk had earlier accused President Andrzej Duda of obstructing justice after the two lawmakers appeared at the palace, prompting police to search for them in cars leaving the building.