Overview
- Police launched a Sunday operation with RAID at a Besançon apartment tied to the case, but the 19‑year‑old suspect was not located and at least one presumed accomplice was detained.
- The 32‑year‑old escapee was arrested within 24 hours in Bey, Saône‑et‑Loire, after officers found him calmly drinking coffee in a bar and he offered no resistance.
- Roughly a hundred officers remain deployed to find the 19‑year‑old, who is considered potentially dangerous and is under investigation for an attempted murder linked to narcotics crime.
- An investigation for “évasions en bande organisée” is underway under the Dijon prosecutor’s office, with specialized interdepartmental units involved and saw blades most likely delivered by drone.
- A woman linked to the recaptured inmate was presented to a judge after a search at her home uncovered drones, which she denies using for illicit prison deliveries at the aging, overcrowded Dijon facility.