'Drug kingpin' sprung from prison van 'fled for cosmetic surgery'

A French fugitive known as 'The Fly' who was freed in a deadly prison van ambush fled to for plastic surgery and was planning to start a new life in Colombia when he was finally caught by police, officials have revealed.

Mohamed Amra was labelled 's 'public enemy number one' after two guards were shot dead by masked gunmen during the military-style ambush last May. The suspected drug kingpin's escape sparking an international manhunt.

He fled the country and disguised himself by dying his hair red and wearing glasses, but police were able to identify and arrest him in a sting near a shopping centre in Bucharest on Saturday.

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