Images show escaped prisoner arrested in Roeselare
The 33-year-old man was serving a sentence for drug offenses and was preparing for his life after prison in the detention house, where he escaped last week. The police concluded that he was staying in Roeselare and deployed the drone detection team. (continue reading below the photo)
But when the man discovered that a drone was nearby, he took off running. (continue reading below the photo)
Images from the drone now show how the arrest went. When he wanted to escape from the police, he jumps from a lean-to further on, spraining his ankle. (continue reading below the photo)
A Frenchman was able to hold the thirty-year-old in a headlock until the police came to arrest him. The area is known as a drug district.