Paris: Eminent criminals escape from prison by helicopter – Celebrities, Curiosities, TV

Detainee Redoine Faid managed to escape from prison near Paris – by helicopter. The man is one of the most famous criminals in France.

Scenes as an action thriller were played near Paris Sunday. About 50 kilometers south of the French capital, France's best-known prisoner managed to escape from the Réau detention center – by helicopter. Three armed accomplices allegedly helped the 46-year-old man, Faid Faid, to escape, police said. The search is already in progress. The man was convicted of an armed robbery in April.

A prisoner escapes Paris by helicopter from Paris

The robbery took only a few minutes, the agency said to maintain order. There were no injuries or hostages. "An armed commando landed in the prison yard while the prisoner was in the visitors' hall," said the agency. The three "heavily armed" accomplices would have opened the door of the visitors' room where Faid was waiting for one of his brothers. The news agency AFP discovered by the investigative circles

The police later found the helicopter in Gonesse, about sixty kilometers from the prison. Previously, the accomplices had hijacked the helicopter. The pilot was an instructor waiting for a student. He said that he was in shock, according to the police.

Helicopter flight: Redoine Faid is one of the most famous criminals of France

Faïd, whose story is the subject of several flights, had already made known in April 2013 with a no less cinematic escape from a detention center in the north of France, At that moment he took four guards hostage, blasted the prison gates with dynamite and east disguised with a uniform. Shortly after, he disappeared with a van car. Only six weeks later, the police found him in a hotel near Paris.

The recidivist is a celebrity in France. In 2010, the immigrant son, who grew up in a northern suburb of Paris, published a book on his "career" as a specialist in the theft of money carriers. He tinkered through talk shows, reported that he had been inspired by films like "Scarface" and "Heat", and was purified. In April, an appeal court sentenced Faïd to 25 years in prison for a robbery attempt in the Paris region in which a female policewoman was killed in 2010. (A to Z, AFP)

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