Thai police arrested a French fugitive on the Tropical Holiday Island in Phuket about a deadly prison eruption which released a notorious drug lord Nicknamed “The Fly”.
Adonis Correa, 24 shocking escape Suspicion of Gangland ankle opening Mohamed Amra with a prison van in the north of France in May 2024.
Correa is considered by investigators to be a “close friend” of Amra, who was arrested in Romania last month after nine months on the run as a “number one public enemy” in France.
Correa was arrested on Wednesday on the southern island of Phuket, an extremely popular beach destination for millions of tourists, French sources and Thai police announced on Thursday.
“Thai immigration police arrested a French national linked to a transnational criminal organization involved in a violent prison break that led to prisoners,” Thai police said in a statement.
Last year, the shocking and violent nature of the escape of Amra amaze France and made the headlines around the world.
Armed men masked armed with automatic military quality weapons attacked a prison van transporting him in a motorway toll, Kill two guards And hurt three others. Interpol had issued a red opinion at the request of France for the arrest of Amra.
Amra, who is suspected of continuing her drug -related activities and even commanding murders to her prison cell, went to the run and was finally found in Bucharest and returned to France.
Prosecutors at the time said Amra, who had changed his appearance And dyed her hair, had been identified through facial recognition tools and fingerprints.
At least 2 dozen suspects have detained
Correa is the last of the two dozen suspects held as part of the French break in break.
He entered Thailand on a tourist visa on February 8 via Phuket International Airport – before an arrest warrant and a Red Interpol opinion were issued, according to Thai police.
Thai authorities said they had followed Correa in the Kamala and Patong de Phuket regions and arrested him on Wednesday.
His lawyer in France, Joseph Hazan, told AFP on Thursday that his client had gone.
“He presented himself to the Thai authorities, with whom we have been in contact for several days,” said Hazan, adding that his client had not yet made a declaration and “would be explained to the French judges”.
Thai officials have canceled the Correa visa and he is now detained in Bangkok while his expulsion in France is organized.
Thailand and France do not have an extradition treaty, but sources have told AFP that they expect Correa to be returned next week.
“The Fly” has a history of violent crimes, say the officials
Amra has a long history of convictions for violent crimes that started at the age of 15, according to legal sources.
“He is very well known to the judiciary,” said the chief prosecutor of Paris, Laure Beccuau.
Amra has close links with organized crime, said another source close to the case that has asked not to be identified and is suspected of commanding drug trade.
Another source that asked not to be named said that Amra manages its own drug trafficking network.
However, none of his 13 previous convictions – for crimes ranging from an extortion armed robbery – was directly linked to the narcotics, said Beccuau.
He was imprisoned in January 2022 in Evreux prison in the northwest region of Normandy to serve several sentences, notably for the criminal plot, extortion, theft, armed violence and participation in an illegal engine rodeo.
At the time of his escape, he also faced two new accusations, one for attempted murder and another for having participated in a murder of Gangland in the southern city of Marseille on the French Riviera, a center for drug trafficking and gang violence.
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