French prisoner escapes in luggage of fellow inmate leaving prison
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LYON, France – France’s prison service said on July 13 that 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, south-east France, on July 11, broadcaster BFMTV reported.
The inmate was serving several sentences, the prison service said in a statement to AFP.
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 told AFP.
An internal investigation is under way and Lyon prosecutors had opened their own investigations, the prison service added. AFP
