Notorious fugitive 'The Fly' extradited to France after arrest in Romania
Mohamed Amra had fled after armed men ambushed his prison transfer van, killing two officers and injuring three others.
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Mohamed Amra had fled after armed men ambushed his prison transfer van, killing two officers and injuring three others.
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00:00A notorious French fugitive, whose prison escape killed two guards last year, was extradited
00:07to France after he was arrested in Romania.
00:18Mohamed Amra, also known as The Fly, was arrested near a shopping centre in Bucharest.
00:24Investigators who tapped his phone discovered he was preparing to leave for Romania roughly
00:28two weeks ago.
00:30They had then monitored cameras surrounding the residence in the capital which he had
00:33rented, and special forces were able to arrest him after he had left the building for the
00:38first time.
00:41Amra had been sentenced for burglary in Normandy and was suspected of heading a drug trafficking
00:46network.
00:47A French prosecutor said he was also under investigation for an attempted organized homicide
00:52and kidnapping that resulted in death.