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		</div><h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Notorious French gangster,</strong> Redoine Faid, <strong>escaped jail for the second time after two armed accomplices landed helicopter in Paris prison courtyard before flying him to a waiting car</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Faid, 46, once France&#8217;s most wanted man broke out of the prison in Reau in the southeastern suburbs of the French capital, Paris on Sunday</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>He broke out of the penitentiary with the help of the two accomplices in minutes who </strong></span><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>used smoke bombs and angle grinders to overcome wardens in the prison </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Faid went on the lam after an appeals court in April sentenced him to 25 years for masterminding a botched 2010 armed robbery in which a policewoman was killed</strong></span></h6>
<h6><strong><span style="color: #000000;">It is the second time Faid has escaped jail after previously blowing his way</span></strong><span style="color: #000000;"> out with dynamite five years ago, only to be recaptured six weeks later </span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;">His accomplices hijacked the helicopter from a terrified flight instructor and landed at around 11.15am in the prison yard, 10 minutes later they had vanished with Faid on board</span></h6>
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<h6 class="mobile-gallery-icon"><strong><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-295563" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Redoine-Faid-4.jpg" alt="Redoine Faid 4" width="660" height="438" />Dangerous French criminal Redoine Faid [photo], staged a daring prison break out of the prison in Reau in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, on Sunday</strong></h6>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">A notorious gangster who said his life of crime was inspired by films like &#8216;Scarface&#8217; pulled off a brazen jailbreak on Sunday, fleeing a prison near Paris aboard a hijacked helicopter.<br />
Redoine Faid, 46, who was once France&#8217;s most wanted man broke out of the penitentiary in Reau in the capital&#8217;s southeastern suburbs, with the help of two accomplices in a matter of minutes.<br />
After hijacking a helicopter from a terrified flight instructor, the two accomplices landed at around 11.15am in the prison yard.<br />
They used smoke bombs and angle grinders to overcome wardens in the facility&#8217;s visiting room where Faid was talking to a brother. The men quickly made good their escape in the helicopter in an operation lasting just 10 minutes, according to prison unionist Martial Delabroye.<br />
It&#8217;s the second time Faid has pulled off a spectacular jailbreak. In 2013, he blasted his way out of a prison in northern France using dynamite.<br />
He was recaptured six weeks later.</p>
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<h6 class="imageCaption"><strong><img class="alignnone wp-image-295555" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Redoine-Faids-helicopter-1.jpg" alt="Redoine Faid's helicopter 1.JPG" width="654" height="924" />Armed police stand guard as investigators transport abandoned Alouette II helicopter allegedly used in the brazen prison break by French prisoner Redoine Faid on July 1, 2018</strong></h6>
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<h6 class="imageCaption"><strong><img class="alignnone wp-image-295554" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Redoine-Faids-escape-car-1.jpg" alt="Redoine Faid's escape car 1.JPG" width="670" height="438" />The intermediate getaway vehicle, a black car was abandoned by Faid and his men at O&#8217;Parinor shopping mall parking after his escape on Sunday</strong></h6>
<h6><strong><img class="alignnone wp-image-295557" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Redoine-Faid-5.jpg" alt="Redoine Faid 5.JPG" width="662" height="438" /> The International wanted person notice for French robber Redoine Faid after he literally blasted his way out of jail in 2013</strong></h6>
<p>Informed sources earlier said there were three accomplices. But two men reported by witnesses as &#8216;dressed in black and hooded&#8217; while wearing police armbands, armed with assault rifles set off smoke bombs before breaking their way into the prison&#8217;s visitation room using the power tools.</p>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">The wardens, who were unarmed, fled to safety and raised the alarm.<br />
The accomplices went into the visitation room, reportedly armed with Kalashnikov rifles, and demanded Faid&#8217;s release, <a class="class" href="https://www.bfmtv.com/police-justice/le-braqueur-redoine-faid-s-echappe-de-prison-1481606.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">BFM-TV</a> reported. They managed to whisk him away in a helicopter and landed about 40 miles away, but switching to cars for the next phase of their escape.</p>
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<h6 class="mobile-gallery-icon"><strong><img class="alignnone wp-image-295556" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Redoine-Faids-helicopter-2.jpg" alt="Redoine Faid's helicopter 2.JPG" width="661" height="428" />They escape helicopter [photo], was abandoned in Garges-lès-Gonesse, about 40 miles away from the prison courtyard</strong></h6>
<div>The helicopter was later found 40 miles away in Garges-lès-Gonesse, a northeastern suburb of Paris about 37 miles from the prison, one source said, adding that a manhunt has been launched across the entire Paris region.<br />
A police source said the helicopter pilot was a flight instructor waiting for a student when he was seized by Faid&#8217;s accomplices. He was forced to fly before being later freed in a state of shock.</div>
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<h6 class="mobile-gallery-icon"><strong><strong><img class="alignnone wp-image-295562" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Redoine-Faid-prison-escape-1.jpg" alt="Redoine Faid prison escape 1" width="685" height="437" />Three armed and well-trained men reportedly, presented themselves at the prison of</strong></strong><strong> Reau, Paris </strong><strong>[photo] on Sunday, and demanded Faid&#8217;s release</strong></h6>
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<h6 class="overlay-icon mobile-gallery"><strong><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-295561" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Redoine-Faids-helicopter-4.jpg" alt="Redoine Faid's helicopter 4.JPG" width="692" height="451" />Investigators transport an Alouette II helicopter allegedly abandoned by jailed French robber Redoine Faid after he used it to escape from the prison of Reau on July </strong></h6>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">The men apparently went on to use a car that was later found torched in a shopping mall carpark, police said.<br />
The Ministry of the Interior said a huge police response has been ordered in an attempt to catch the fugitive, who has been described as dangerous.<br />
&#8216;Everything is being done to locate the fugitive,&#8217; an official said.<br />
The escape came after an appeals court in April sentenced Faid to 25 years for masterminding a botched armed robbery in 2010 in which a policewoman was killed.<br />
Faid has been behind bars since mid-2011 for violating the terms of his parole over previous convictions for bank robberies and heists of bullion vans.</p>
<h6> <img class="alignnone wp-image-295564" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Redoine-Faid-6.jpg" alt="Redoine Faid 6" width="658" height="639" /><strong>Redoine Faid [photo] has been in jail since 2011 for violating the terms of his parole on previous convictions for bank robberies and heists of bullion vans.</strong></h6>
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<h6 class="imageCaption"><strong><img class="alignnone wp-image-295560" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Redoine-Faids-helicopter-3.jpg" alt="Redoine Faid's helicopter 3.JPG" width="674" height="480" />The escape helicopter [photo]. The men reportedly, were &#8216;dressed in black and hooded&#8217; while wearing police armbands.</strong></h6>
<p>In his 2013 jailbreak, Faid briefly took four guards hostage with a pistol before escaping in a waiting getaway car. All the hostages were released unharmed.</p>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">Faid was recaptured six weeks later at a hotel in an industrial area on the outskirts of Paris.<br />
A woman working at the hotel told AFP at the time that Faid&#8217;s accomplice had paid for the room in cash and that the two men had been there for several days.<br />
Faid had earlier been released from a 10-year stint behind bars after convincing parole officers that he regretted his criminal past and was determined to start afresh.<br />
Police nicknamed him &#8216;The Author&#8217; for two books he co-wrote about his delinquent youth.</p>
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<h6 class="imageCaption"><strong><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-295559" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Redoine-Faids-escape-car-2.jpg" alt="Redoine Faid's escape car 2.JPG" width="693" height="453" />Parisien authorities say the fugitives were picked up in a black Renault car before switching to a white van after landing the helicopter </strong></h6>
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<h6 class="imageCaption"><strong><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-295558" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Redoine-Faids-escape-in-2013.jpg" alt="Redoine Faid's escape in 2013.JPG" width="691" height="443" />It is the second time Faid has pulled off a spectacular jailbreak. &#8211; In 2013, he blasted his way out of jail [photo] using dynamite before being recaptured six weeks later</strong></h6>
<p>Faid, who has a cult following in the tough immigrant suburbs outside Paris where he grew up, has made several television appearances.</p>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">At a Paris film festival in April 2009, Faid approached Michael Mann, director of the 1995 gangster film &#8216;Heat&#8217; starring Al Pacino and Robert Niro, telling him: &#8216;You were my technical adviser.&#8217;<br />
He wrote that he had watched the film dozens of times to perfect his bank-robbing prowess.<br />
One of his prison supervisors said that Faid had never had any conflict with staff, &#8216;but we must always be wary&#8217;.<br />
&#8216;In the corner of his mind, he never lost the idea of escaping. Behind all his manners &#8211; he is very polite &#8211; he always hid his game,&#8217; the supervisor said.<br />
Delabroye, the prison union rep, said the yard where the helicopter landed is the only area not equipped with anti-aircraft netting because inmates never use it &#8211; &#8216;except to leave the prison&#8217;.</p>
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Daring Paris helicopter prison break for gangster! Armed men spring notorious French gangster Redoine Faid, after landing helicopter in Paris prison courtyard; His second career jail break
