They dug a hole and fled … The escapees were arrested at Tanta prison in Egypt

The Egyptian security services managed to arrest three prisoners who escaped last Monday from Tanta prison in the governorate of Gharbia (north of the country) after drilling a hole in a wall.

Security forces managed to arrest one of the accused while he was hiding in an apartment in Al-Agizi in the Awal Tanta neighborhood, while the other two were arrested in Zefta.

An Egyptian security source said all escapees are on death row in murder and drug cases.

Last Monday, 3 convicts held in a prison in the city of Tanta escaped from the prison in a dramatic manner.

Sources revealed that the three convicts dug a large hole in the prison wall and slipped through it without anyone being seen or intercepted and escaped as cameras inside the prison went down. are found to be down. Security services carried out extensive investigations to find out the circumstances of the incident and how to turn off the cameras and keep the convicts on the first floor in violation of instructions and search for those who facilitated the escape.

Investigations have indicated that the time of the escape was in the wee hours of Monday morning, with inmates taking advantage of the rest period between the change of prison security services to complete their operation.