Interpol issues alert for Quebec convicts who escaped in helicopter jailbreak
Posted June 11, 2014 12:53 pm.
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Interpol has issued an international alert for the three prisoners who used a helicopter to make a bold getaway from a Quebec prison.
The organization said in a statement today the request came from the RCMP.
Interpol has sent out a notice to law-enforcement agencies in 190 countries.
Yves Denis, Denis Lefebvre and Serge Pomerleau escaped from the Orsainville Detention Centre in suburban Quebec City on Saturday when a chopper landed in a courtyard, scooped them up and quickly took off.
Police say the three men were originally arrested on drug-trafficking and gangsterism charges in 2010. The Quebec provincial police website also says Denis is facing first-degree murder charges, while Lefebvre and Pomerleau are facing charges of murder and conspiracy to murder.
News of the Interpol involvement came the same day as the Quebec government ordered an internal investigation into the aftermath of the escape because of contradictory information that has emerged since the breakout.
