French Gangster Flees Prison in Spectacular Helicopter Escape

Police near a helicopter abandoned by French armed robber Redoine Faid after his escape from prison in Reau on July 1, 2018. Geoffrey Van Der Hasselt/AFP/Getty Images

PARIS—A French gangster is on the run after being sprung from jail by heavily armed gunmen and escaping in a helicopter that landed in the prison grounds, the justice minister said on July 1.