French convict freed in murderous ambush is arrested in Romania

Drug trafficker Mohamed Amra, on the run since his bloody escape last May, has been arrested in Romania, France's Interior Minister announced on X on February 22.

The Interpol released Red Notice on May 15, 2024, after Amra was freed in an armed attack on a prison vehicle at a motorway toll booth in northern France on May 14, 2024, during which two prison officers were killed. President Emmanuel Macron hailed Amra's capture as "a formidable success", saying his thoughts were with the families of the prison officers who died. Macron said he also wanted "to thank European colleagues and French investigators who had been hunting Mohamed Amra for months and months".