Source: BBC News [UK state media]
“A French convict who went on the run after escaping a police van in a deadly ambush has been arrested in Romania, French authorities have said. Two prison officers were killed and three others injured when a vehicle carrying Mohamed Amra was attacked by men using military-grade assault weapons in May 2024. Amra, known as La Mouche, or The Fly, has links to a major drug gang in Marseille, according to French police. … Amra was arrested in Bucharest and had been identified through facial recognition tools and his fingerprints, Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said. He had changed his appearance and dyed his hair. On Sunday, Beccuau announced the arrest of 10 people ‘suspected of having helped in the preparation and execution of the escape, and having helped the fugitive to hide.'” (02/23/25)