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Notorious french drug baron 'The Fly' transferred to new supermax prison
VENDIN-LE-VIEIL, NORTHERN FRANCE, JUL 24 – Mohamed Amra was transferred to a supermax prison with strict security measures to halt drug operations from inside, part of a plan to detain 200 major traffickers, officials said.
- French drug lord Mohamed Amra, known as "The Fly," was transferred on Thursday to a new supermax prison in northern France.
- His transfer follows his May 2024 escape from a prison van after an armed attack that killed two guards, and a months-long manhunt ending with his capture in Romania.
- The new prison, part of a government campaign to lock up 200 major traffickers and curb drug operations within jails, features strict security including phone signal jamming and mandatory prisoner searches.
- The facility in Vendin-le-Vieil, northern France, has concrete exercise yards, body scanners, grated cell bars, and handcuff hatches, while glass screens block physical inmate-visitor contact.
- This transfer signals intensified efforts to dismantle prison-based drug networks and prevent criminals from continuing illegal activities from behind bars.
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Mohamed Amra was transferred this Thursday to the high-security prison in Vendin-le-Vieil, Pas-de-Calais. He joins the detainees already incarcerated at the beginning of the week. A transfer held secret until the last moment whose 20H of TF1 broadcasts images. - High-security prison: images of the arrival by helicopter of Mohamed Amra in Vendin-le-Vieil (Police, justice and other facts).
The drug dealer, whose bloody escape while he was being transported to a van had caused the death of two prison officers at the toll of Incarville (Eure), was transferred to the new high-security area of Vendin-le-Vieil prison (Pas-de-Calais).
Notorious french drug baron 'The Fly' transferred to new supermax prison
French drug kingpin Mohamed Amra, known as "The Fly", has been transferred to a new supermax prison designed to prevent jailed traffickers from operating criminal networks behind bars. The move follows his high-profile escape and recapture, and marks part of France's wider crackdown on drug crime through tighter prison security and isolation measures.
Mohamed Amra was transferred this Thursday from Condé-sur-Sarthe prison to Vendin-le-Vieil prison, where he will be imprisoned with other drug traffickers Drug dealer Mohamed Amra, whose escape
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French drug baron transferred to new supermax prison
Notorious French drug baron Mohamed Amra, known as "The Fly", was on Thursday transferred to a new supermax prison, built to stop narcotics criminals from plying their trade from behind bars.
The drug dealer was given an individual escort when he was transferred to Vendin-le-Vieil prison by helicopter.
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