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08/06/2014
Quebec helicopter jailbreak leaves 3 inmates on the run
Provincial police are searching for three inmates with previous ties to the Hells Angels who escaped from a Quebec City detention centre using a helicopter.
A Sûreté du Québec spokesperson confirmed to CBC News that the prison break occurred at 7:45 p.m. ET from Orsainville Detention Centre and the inmates fled westbound in a green helicopter.
"We are talking closely with the detention centre to figure out exactly how the escape transpired,” said Ann Mathieu. "The priority number one is to find the helicopter."
Police are now searching for Yves Denis Yvon Lamontagne, 35, Denis Lefebvre, 53, and 49-year-old Serge Pomerleau.
In 2010, Lefebvre and Lamontagne were arrested by provincial police after a drug operation bust known as Project Crayfish that led to dozens of arrests. Both men were reported to have had ties to the Hells Angels.
During the bust police seized multiple weapons, 41 vehicles, a plane, a helicopter and $905,000, CBC Radio-Canada reported.
They were being held at the detention centre waiting to stand trial
Police are warning anyone who sees the men not approach them and to call police immediately.
Last year, there was a daring escape at St-Jerome prison in Quebec involving a helicopter where a pilot was forced at gunpoint to pluck two inmates from the facility on a Sunday afternoon.
The two escapees and the two suspects who hijacked the chopper were caught by police within a few hours of the escape.Provincial police are searching for three inmates with previous ties to the Hells Angels who escaped from a Quebec City detention centre using a helicopter.
A Sûreté du Québec spokesperson confirmed to CBC News that the prison break occurred at 7:45 p.m. ET from Orsainville Detention Centre and the inmates fled westbound in a green helicopter.
"We are talking closely with the detention centre to figure out exactly how the escape transpired,” said Ann Mathieu. "The priority number one is to find the helicopter."
Police are now searching for Yves Denis Yvon Lamontagne, 35, Denis Lefebvre, 53, and 49-year-old Serge Pomerleau.
In 2010, Lefebvre and Lamontagne were arrested by provincial police after a drug operation bust known as Project Crayfish that led to dozens of arrests. Both men were reported to have had ties to the Hells Angels.
During the bust police seized multiple weapons, 41 vehicles, a plane, a helicopter and $905,000, CBC Radio-Canada reported.
They were being held at the detention centre waiting to stand trial
Police are warning anyone who sees the men not approach them and to call police immediately.
Last year, there was a daring escape at St-Jerome prison in Quebec involving a helicopter where a pilot was forced at gunpoint to pluck two inmates from the facility on a Sunday afternoon.
The two escapees and the two suspects who hijacked the chopper were caught by police within a few hours of the escape.
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