A gangster who went on the run following a spectacular prison escape over the summer has been recaptured in France. Redoine Faid, whom police had tracked since early July, after armed gunmen sprung him from jail to escape in a helicopter, was arrested in the town of Creil, north of Paris. His brother Rachid and two other family members were also detained, a police source said.
Faid, who once said his life was inspired by films like 'Scarface', was serving a year sentence at a prison south of the French capital for an armed robbery that went wrong and led to the death of a policewoman in In July, dramatic footage emerged of the moment he pulled off a brazen jailbreak by fleeing from a prison near Paris in a hijacked helicopter. Pictured is the building in Creil, northern France, where the police raid took place. Pictures show the interior of the flat where fugitive Redoine Faid was arrested in Creil, in the department of Oise, northern France.
Faid pictured , who once said his life was inspired by films like 'Scarface', was serving a year sentence at a prison south of the French capital for an armed robbery that went wrong and led to the death of a policewoman in Faid went on the run following a spectacular prison escape pictured over the summer involving a hijacked helicopter.
The year-old who was once France 's most wanted man broke out of the penitentiary in Reau in the capital's southeastern suburbs, with the help of two accomplices in an operation lasting just ten minutes. They used smoke bombs and angle grinders to overcome wardens in the facility's visiting room where Faid was talking to a brother. In video captured inside the jail, inmates could be heard cheering as guards sprinted through the prison grounds and a helicopter hovered overhead.
A huge manhunt, involving nearly 3, police officers was launched across France. French Justice Minister Nicole Belloubet said the commandos most likely 'used drones to survey the location' beforehand. It was the second time Faid had pulled off a spectacular jailbreak - in , he blasted his way out of a prison in northern France using dynamite. He was recaptured six weeks later. Photos show a bedroom inside the apartment where fugitive Faid was recaptured by French police.
