PARIS—A famous gangster who escaped Hollywood-style from a French jail by helicopter was captured on Oct. 3 after a three-month hunt that led police a tower-block flat in an area where the man known as the “jailbreak king” grew up.
Redoine Faid, who has said his life of crime was inspired by blockbusters such as “Scarface” and “Reservoir Dogs,” escaped in July from a high-security prison where he was serving 25 years for a heist in which a police officer was killed.
