Escape the century! French gangster flees from prison in helicopter

A notorious career robber who was the most wanted man in France made a daring escape on Sunday, fleeing a prison near Paris in helicopter in a command-style operation.

Redoine Faid 46 years old, who previously said that his crime life was inspired by films like "Scarface" released from prison with the help of three Armed accomplices according to sources close to the case

This is the second time that Faid makes a spectacular escape: in 2013 he fires on a prison in the north The Sunday escape from the Reau penitentiary in the southeastern suburbs of the French capital, took a few minutes, the prison administration said, adding that no one had wounded result.

An armed command group landed in the South-Francilian prison yard in Reau while in the parlor, the authority said.

Then the assailants went through a lock that took them into a corridor where Faid was waiting with one of his brothers.

The helicopter was found later in a northeastern suburb of Paris, about 60 kilometers from the prison, said a source, adding that a police search had been launched throughout the region from Paris . 19659008] A police source said that the helicopter pilot was a flight instructor who was expecting a student when he was captured by Faid's accomplices, before being released in shock [19659007]. Court of Appeal in April sentenced Faid to 25 years for planning a failed armed robbery in 2010, in which one policewoman died.

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Faid, nicknamed "The Author" by the police, has been behind bars since mid-2011 for violating the conditions of his parole for prior convictions for bank robbery and shameless strikes of vehicles.

During his prison break in 2013, he briefly abducted four guards with a weapon before escaping into a car waiting. All the hostages were released unharmed.

Faid was finally recovered six weeks later in a hotel located in an industrial area outside Paris.

A woman who worked at the hotel told AFP that Faid's accomplice had paid the room in cash and that both had been there for several days.

As a result, Faid had been released from a ten-year period behind bars after convince parole officers that he regretted his criminal past and was determined to start again.

Faid, who grew up in the suburbs of immigrants out of Paris, he made several appearances on television and co-authored two books on his juvenile delinquency and became a criminal in the Paris suburbs.

One of the prison supervisors said that Faid had never had a conflict with the staff, "but we should always be cautious."

"In his mind, he has never lost the idea of ​​escaping." He is always very courteous, he always hid his game. "

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