‘Jailbreak King’ behind bars

– A convict who escaped from a French prison in a helicopter with the help of an armed commando team was arrested by police yesterday after a threemonth hunt, adding another chapter to the life of a gangster dubbed the “Jailbreak King”.

Redoine Faid, who escaped in July from a high-security prison where he was serving 25 years for a heist in which a female police officer was killed, was arrested at an apartment in Creil, the area where he grew up.

About 50 officers took part in the pre-dawn raid, in which they also arrested a brother of Faid, two other men and a woman. Guns were found at the premises, they added.

Faid, 46, became a notorious semi-celebrity after penning a tell-all book about his colourful life, describing how he was born into crime. – Reuters

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