deployment of a large device around Sampans

For Abdelaziz Charhabil, the pill was undoubtedly too hard to swallow. Sentenced to eight years in prison this Thursday by the Besançon Court of Appeal, this 36-year-old inmate escaped while a convoy from the penitentiary was accompanying him to the Lyon-Corbas remand center.

Always wanted

During a stop at the Bois des Potets motorway area, in Sampans, near Dole, he took advantage of a trip to the toilet to leave the three prison guards who were escorting him. Pushing them back violently, the thirty-year-old allegedly injured a guard in his escape. Then he crossed the highway lanes before disappearing into the darkness.

The events took place around 8:30 p.m. A little over 30 minutes earlier, the convoy had left the Besançon courthouse where his trial had just ended.

Quickly, a system was put in place by the…