LYON (France), July 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — France’s prison service said Saturday it had launched an investigation after a man escaped by smuggling himself into his cellmate’s bag as he left jail, having served his sentence.
The 20-year-old prisoner escaped from Corbas prison, near Lyon, southeast France, on Friday, broadcaster BFMTV reported.
The inmate was serving several sentences, the prison service said in a statement.
He “took advantage of the liberation of his fellow inmate to hide himself in his luggage and get out”, the statement said.
The escaped prisoner was also under investigation in a case linked to organised crime, a source close to the affair said.
An internal investigation is underway and Lyon prosecutors had opened their own investigations, the prison service added. — NNN-AGENCIES
