Paris, May 14, 2025 (AFP) - How escaped French drug kingpin evaded capture for months

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2025-05-14

Managing to stay "one step ahead" of investigators, drug trafficker Mohamed Amra managed to evade capture for nine months following a deadly jail break one year ago that shocked France. His escape left two prison officers dead and triggered a massive manhunt for a man dubbed "la Mouche" (The Fly). On the run for nine months, he was only re-arrested in February near a shopping centre in Romania's capital, Bucharest, then extradited to France. On t......

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