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Escaped by False Police Officers: the Fugitive Arrested

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A week ago, he cleared the chronicle by escaping from Villepinte prison in Seine-Saint-Denis. Companions who had pretended to be false police officers helped him escape. Ilyas Kherbouche was serving several sentences for aggr avés. He was finally arrested Friday night, 800 kilometres away, in Canet-en-Roussillon (Pyrénées-Orientales), thirteen days after his escape. The police gave him a tailor-made birthday present on the day of his 21st birthd…

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The ride of Ilyas Kherbouche ended Friday, March 20th. He escaped from the prison of Villepinte, in Seine-Saint-Denis, on March 7th with the help of false policemen. The BRI and the national brigade of fugitives intervened in Canet-en-Roussillon, in the Pyrénées-Orientales, to apprehend him.

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Escaped from the prison of Villepinte (Seine-Saint-Denis) for 15 days, Ilyas Kherbouche, alias "Ganito", was arrested in the holiday village Malibu de Canet-en-Roussillon by the BRI this Friday evening 20 March 2026. The...

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A week ago, he cleared the chronicle by escaping from Villepinte prison in Seine-Saint-Denis. Companions who had pretended to be false police officers helped him escape. Ilyas Kherbouche was serving several sentences for aggr avés. He was finally arrested Friday night, 800 kilometres away, in Canet-en-Roussillon (Pyrénées-Orientales), thirteen days after his escape. The police gave him a tailor-made birthday present on the day of his 21st birthd…

Thirteen days after his spectacular escape from Villepinte prison thanks to fake police officers, Ilyas Kherbouche, known as Ganito, was arrested in Canet-en-Roussillon. His alleged accomplice? A 25-year-old former prison guard, removed at the beginning of March. Justice is seeking to establish his exact role. The City of Villepinte was arrested with a former prison watchman.

Ilyas Kherbouche, alias "Ganito", escaped from the prison in Villepinte on March 7 thanks to the help of false police officers. He was finally apprehended on Friday in the Pyrénées-Orientales.

Ilyas Kerbouch was arrested Friday night in the Pyrénées-Orientales after 13 days of flight. He escaped from Villepinte prison on 7 March by pretending to be a prisoner escorted by false police officers.

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France Bleu broke the news in on Saturday, March 21, 2026.
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