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| Rédoine Faïd: French helicopter jailbreak gangster captured | Rédoine Faïd: French helicopter jailbreak gangster captured |
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| Rédoine Faïd, a French gangster who broke out of jail using a hijacked helicopter in July, has been recaptured, police sources say. | Rédoine Faïd, a French gangster who broke out of jail using a hijacked helicopter in July, has been recaptured, police sources say. |
| The country's most wanted fugitive, he was detained north of Paris, reportedly with his brother and two men. | The country's most wanted fugitive, he was detained north of Paris, reportedly with his brother and two men. |
| Faïd, 46, is a fan of gangster films, which he credits with teaching him how to pull off raids. | Faïd, 46, is a fan of gangster films, which he credits with teaching him how to pull off raids. |
| He was first arrested in 1998 for armed robbery. The 1 July jailbreak was his second and most dramatic escape. | He was first arrested in 1998 for armed robbery. The 1 July jailbreak was his second and most dramatic escape. |
| He was sprung from a prison in Reau, south-east of Paris, by three heavily armed men who broke into the visitors' room. They then bundled him into a helicopter flown by a flying instructor who had been taken hostage. | |
| Faïd had been serving a 25-year sentence for masterminding a botched robbery in which a policewoman was killed in 2010. | Faïd had been serving a 25-year sentence for masterminding a botched robbery in which a policewoman was killed in 2010. |
| He was recaptured in the early hours of Wednesday in the town of Creil. | He was recaptured in the early hours of Wednesday in the town of Creil. |
| French Justice Minister Nicole Belloubet told Europe 1 radio: "We're going to put him in a high-security facility where he will be watched extremely closely." | French Justice Minister Nicole Belloubet told Europe 1 radio: "We're going to put him in a high-security facility where he will be watched extremely closely." |
| The arrest came hours after Interior Minister Gérard Collomb - the country's top law-enforcement official - resigned to run for mayor in Lyon, France's second-largest city. | The arrest came hours after Interior Minister Gérard Collomb - the country's top law-enforcement official - resigned to run for mayor in Lyon, France's second-largest city. |
| The move is regarded as a fresh setback for President Emmanuel Macron, whose popularity has fallen sharply in recent weeks. The interior ministry will be temporarily headed by Prime Minister Édouard Philippe. | The move is regarded as a fresh setback for President Emmanuel Macron, whose popularity has fallen sharply in recent weeks. The interior ministry will be temporarily headed by Prime Minister Édouard Philippe. |
| Who is Rédoine Faïd? | Who is Rédoine Faïd? |
| Born in 1972, he grew up in Creil. In the 1990s he ran a gang involved in armed robbery and extortion. | Born in 1972, he grew up in Creil. In the 1990s he ran a gang involved in armed robbery and extortion. |
| He has said Hollywood movies, such as the Al Pacino thriller Scarface, inspired his lifestyle and some of his schemes. | He has said Hollywood movies, such as the Al Pacino thriller Scarface, inspired his lifestyle and some of his schemes. |
| During a 1997 attack on a security van, he used and his accomplices used ice-hockey goalkeeper masks, mimicking Robert de Niro's gang in the film Heat. | During a 1997 attack on a security van, he used and his accomplices used ice-hockey goalkeeper masks, mimicking Robert de Niro's gang in the film Heat. |
| He later said he had watched that movie "hundreds of times" on DVD and once told its director, Michael Mann, at a Paris film festival: "You were my technical adviser." | He later said he had watched that movie "hundreds of times" on DVD and once told its director, Michael Mann, at a Paris film festival: "You were my technical adviser." |
| His fame was helped by a 2009 book outlining his younger days on the streets of Paris and his descent into the life of a professional criminal. | His fame was helped by a 2009 book outlining his younger days on the streets of Paris and his descent into the life of a professional criminal. |
| That earned him the nickname "L'Écrivain" - or "the writer" - among French police. | That earned him the nickname "L'Écrivain" - or "the writer" - among French police. |
| Timeline of a jailbreaker | Timeline of a jailbreaker |