Spectacular getaway from one of the most dangerous gangsters in France

A helicopter with gunmen went down to the prison and took the 46-year-old offender

PARIS.- A gangster


French
escaped from prison attended by armed men in a helicopter that landed in the prison compound.

Redoine Faid was serving a 25-year sentence in a prison south of Paris for an armed robbery that went wrong and caused the death of a policewoman in 2010. He is one of the most infamous gangsters of the country, with a long criminal career which, he said, was inspired by Hollywood blockbusters such as
Scarface and
Fire against the fire .

Justice Minister Nicole Belloubet said that a helicopter had landed in the yard, which was not covered by any network.

"It was a spectacular escape." He told reporters that two gunmen had jumped from the helicopter to free Faid from the visiting room, where he was with one of his men, brothers, before escaping into the helicopter, said the minister.A third armed man had remained in the helicopter with the pilot, who had been taken hostage.

Nobody He was wounded and the brother was arrested by the police.

During his escape he had the help of "heavily armed" men, "said a source close to the police. # 39; investigation.

The source added that the escape was carried out "by helicopter, with three accomplices."

"The helicopter was found" in the commune of Gonesse 60 kilometers from the prison, "a search engine was activated throughout the region," he added

the helicopter reportedly took off from the town of Bourget, also in the Paris region

. "The territorial means of the police and the gendarmerie" were immediately alerted to the facts "and" all means are mobilized to locate the fugitive, "said a source of the French Ministry of the Interior

. "coordinated control and capture devices are applied, taking into account the dangerousness of the fugitive and his possible accomplices."

The helicopter was found burned north of Paris, as a car used in the Belloubet stated that the police had launched a search and described Faid as dangerous.

This is not the first time that Faid escaped from prison.

In 2013, he took hostage four prison guards before using dynamite to escape prison.

He escaped for six weeks his appearance, until the police capture him in a hotel with an accomplice.

Redoine Faid, 46 years old, had been sentenced on appeal to 25 years in prison for an attempted badault in the Paris region that cost him his life. A municipal policewoman, Aurélie Fouquet.

He was sentenced twice in 2017: 10 years in prison for his escape in 2013 and 18 years for the attack of an armored van in the north of France in 2011. He filed Appeal convictions.

AFP and Reuters Agencies