Quebec Police Capture Three Inmates Who Escaped Using Helicopter

By Eyder Peralta / NPR

Published June 22, 2014 at 5:02 AM PDT

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Denis Lefebvre, 53, is one of the three inmates who escaped using a helicopter.

After a little more than two weeks on the lam, the three prisoners who escaped from a Quebec prison are back in custody, the Sûreté du Québec said in a tweet.

CTV News reports the three men, charged with murder and drug trafficking, were captured at a luxury condo in Montreal. The network reports:

"Serge Pomerleau, Denis Lefebvre and Yves Denis were arrested in an early-morning raid by SWAT teams at a Montreal condo at around 1:30 a.m. on Sunday, CTV News has learned. No shots were fired during the arrests."Police are still looking for at least one other suspect who was likely an accomplice in the prison break."'It could be a person who helped them escape from prison or person who helped them hide from us,' said Sgt. Audrey-Anne Bilodeau. 'The investigation continues.'"

As we've reported, this was the second helicopter jail break in recent memory. Previously, in March of 2013, a helicopter swooped in and airlifted two convicts from a Montreal prison.

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The CBC reports that after the second escape on June 7, three facilities instituted a no-fly zone. The network adds:

"The facilities are in Saint-Jérome, Rivière des Prairies, and Orsainville."It is unclear how long these measures will be in place."Orsainville had a temporary 'no-fly' zone for three days after the escape."