Video shows armed gunman freeing 'drug kingpin' from French police custody

A manhunt is underway in France after an armed gunman broke a notorious "drug kingpin" out of police custody. Surveillance video shows a black SUV crashing into a police van that was conducting the prisoner transport.
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[@tacituskilgore6752]

Armed gunmen? Is there such a thing as an unarmed gunman?

[@GazongasUniversity]

Yeah the three nerds from X Files 🤪

[@justsayain9794]

Finger guns akimbo style

[@Crocosmiaaurea]

Like a armless gun man or a gun man with no gun

[@diabolivirtusen-tavares-ea4645]

" armed" as in high powered weapons and body armor... not some peon with a hand gun

[@jasonboyd5740]

🤣🤣🤣

[@SwaggieSteve]

How do they not have a picture of him if he was just in custody..?

[@MrPeterbs]

They do. It's been all over media.

[@SwaggieSteve]

@@MrPeterbs I'm talking about this video, clearly.

[@Kevinhendo]

Because he’s an enigma

[@identifying.as.asovereignhuman]

La Muche!

[@perpoletonganbanana5126]

Called zion false flag event done by design of elites in fear 😨 😅

[@lalalagirl2925]

This transport was so badly executed that it had to be done on purpose I’d be seriously questioning any surviving guards.

[@TheTeddybear2011]

Thy probably were in a state of shock.. so in that state ur response time is slower than normal.. no way it's raising eyebrows if 2 guards were killed.. just was executed very well by the gang

[@user-fj2yd8sd8g]

Inside job for lotta $

[@fullmetal929]

I don't think the guards were involved, considering two of them died and the rest of them easily could have in the explosion, but it's definitely possible somebody higher up was.

[@filaspeaks1094]

Shut up 🤦

[@dingbop963]

This transport looked really insecure

[@bluelabel6444]

This drug kingpin must have so much power to have groups of men coming to his rescue out of prison. Had to be inside job to know where the exact location of transport. Ballsy to do it in front of a toll booth.

[@rukshandezoysa6171]

Yes. I think there are PEACEFUL guys working in the police too. That's dangerous. European countries must not recruit these nuisance people into Police Armed forces Government departments

[@user-nw6pg8el4l]

​@@rukshandezoysa6171you're describing segregation. That far right nationalistic sentiment rising in Europe is showing

[@eddyvideostar]

To, Blue, True. The U.S. can learn from this. Even the infiltrating ones will have an educational degree.

[@user-nw6pg8el4l]

You guys are literally describing segregation. That far right nationalistic sentiment is thriving in Europe too I see

[@x1c3x]

​@@user-nw6pg8el4l The only people i hear demands for segregation from are black Americans and white liberals. Don't seem that right wing to me. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nYHcYXd4mciBi5osi=BLbwJvceYBnsUjMY

[@greggreg2263]

Wow, this looks like something out of fast and furious😢😢

[@ronaldkonkoma4356]

The exact plot of SWAT

[@RoinesAndScroines]

Actually it was very amateurish. They will all be caught. Professionals will likely get away forever. 🙏

[@carloscurbeam9171]

Or america

[@derricklangford4725]

Those CCTV camera's need an upgrade.

[@MichElle-zc9tu]

all manufactured in gaza.

[@nightowlorder2750]

This wouldn't have happened and there would be no need for such a prisoner swap if we just removed this guy from the census.

[@JimWiese-mm5tw]

nightowlorder whatever... Your naive comment suggests to me that you are batting in the wrong league hmmm???

[@ab.roberts]

😂😂🎉

[@Noname-eu5uj]

If I see a shadow fitting that photo I’ll be sure to let authorities know So helpful

[@macahdahma7382]

You get what you import.

[@chom09]

And you get what you have colonized 😂

[@hol5593]

@@chom09what a intelligent comment, NOT

[@kda14_]

@@chom09 lazy argument. This is the problem, y’all never take accountability for your bad behavior, just enable it to keep happening

[@musicbcwalk]

​@@chom09indeed islam has tried to colonize europe multiple times and has colonized parts of africa and asia but what does that have to do with this story?

[@haledhajdari1154]

​@@kda14_ sure and you lead by example and accept responsibility for your bad behaviour i.e. slavery, settler colonizing and rasism.

[@josephdugan4797]

Wow. This looks bad. Incompetence. Maybe an inside job.

[@TOMVUTHEPIMP]

Its France.

[@bluedotcanal8095]

@@PORSCHE_COUNTRY. OMGOMGOMG u nailed it

[@AuxaneST]

Yep. The younger victim Arnaud Garcia replaced some other guy last minute for this escort. Very very suspect!

[@saranciuc7717]

Why I was not expecting a different name? "Mohamed Amra" sounds to me like pure french.

[@GM14218]

It’s Mahomet or Baphomet in French

[@G_v._Losinj2_ImportantPlaylist]

@@GM14218and during the Crusades it was Mahound

[@hasnabouhya6250]

Yes his grand father had to fight against Hitler to free France cause pure French they had no balls

[@RichardEdwards40]

​@@hasnabouhya6250 they had enough balls to defeat and rule muslims lol.

[@CJ-fs1zr]

@@RichardEdwards40Muslims and blks will Become the majority in europa 😅😂😂😂😂😂😂 Give it few decades the trend is not stopping Even your women support progressive causes 😂😂😂😂

[@madelinemardigan3386]

I think that we have all had enough of the migrants

[@rebeccaaldrich3396]

Yep!

[@Joachim4964]

Not all migrants are the same. Stop migrants from the peaceful community that has a penchant to spread such violence!

[@larrose9377]

Tell that to Africa.

[@fukhue8226]

Somebody has to run the Governments drug rings since they can't be directly involved. Google "Opium War 1 and 2" if you want to understand that the British Empire made money off of the Opium Trade in China and they Fought to keep Opium Legal in China for that reason.

[@metapirateTV]

Yes.

[@Holiday_Ringo]

The joys of inviting half the middle east to your country

[@bobscott9544]

It's mostly North Africa. Most of the time it's Moroccans, Tunisians and Algerians.

[@Holiday_Ringo]

@@bobscott9544 i wouldnt know, only see what the garbage news outlets allow.

[@thatdude3977]

Seems they just do it better than you now days huh?) 😂

[@JoeJoe-tg3ed]

If he’s a kingpin why would he burglarize anything?

[@relentless305]

Lol

[@JustMichael51083]

Hes not a drug boss...hes a burgler and kidnapper....media lies

[@MilMI-24]

​@@JustMichael51083Thief and kidnapper being saved by others? He was definitely more than that for them to spend so much on releasing him

[@lugalzage-silugal3038]

nbc could not be troubled to find the drug kingpins picture, great work by the vaunted urinalists at nbc.

[@silencemeviolateme6076]

In case you see him at the frosty freeze in tupelo?

[@terryfreeman1018]

Our hearts go out to your fallen and their families, France. North Carolina, USA.

[@stephenbrody2717]

He looked like a French National😂

[@samlevites9824]

Failed attempt to make a racist comment sound funny. Every person has roots from some place else at one point in history. No one is really a native anymore. Just look at America everyone was a migrant at some point. But most Americans conveniently forget this, usually the why-its!

[@AGW99-df3yg]

@@samlevites9824 you should probably stop trying to invalidate people's native identities and learn to leave them alone!

[@G_v._Losinj2_ImportantPlaylist]

@@samlevites9824untiI l924 they had to legally support themselves in the US

[@G_v._Losinj2_ImportantPlaylist]

@@samlevites9824our ancestors were brought to the shores byNG0s

[@G_v._Losinj2_ImportantPlaylist]

@@samlevites9824thse we’re aidd byNG0s

[@stephaniekerr]

So France, how’s that immigration policy working for you?

[@kyungshim6483]

Probably not as badly as it's about to get for America

[@derpstorm23]

​@@kyungshim6483 No walk in the park in either country but a well armed populace helps.

[@Pablo19986]

It's just

[@devonk7412]

The absolute nerds in these comments 😂

[@playboyfan001]

@@kyungshim6483Lmao, we got a more guns than people here and the police is made up of trigger happy egomaniacs. We’ll do just fine. 💪🇺🇸 🦅

[@USA_USA_USA]

He didn’t belong there in the first place, imagine my shock.

[@olgakazakzz]

Elections have consequences

[@Giantcrabz]

neither do you

[@USA_USA_USA]

@@Giantcrabz Not in France. Here in America, we have a concept called private property. It relates because just like how people don’t belong on my land, some ppl don’t belong in other countries.

[@AC-ed1jz]

Thats insane and very embarrassing for the French authorities! What are they thinking??? Cartel types are very dangerous, you need much more control of that situation.

[@luxomars4049]

Look, so far, they were treating it like old fashioned because they weren’t considering the phenomenon as cartels but just yesterday French senate came out with a report stating precisely this…. Have a quick research on it if you are interested in 👍

[@Jasper118]

Cartels usually have a red light on law enforcement (in the US anyway). It draws way too much heat, so this is pretty brazen

[@AC-ed1jz]

​@@luxomars4049 thx. Hopefully they smarten up fast. Typically these top guys have unlimited resources and zero feeling about anything. Chances are that guy is already out of the country. I'll look into what they are doing about this.

[@coonazz98]

I thought it was illegal for civilians to own guns like that in France. How is that possible?

[@admdubya2107]

Fewer than 500 gun related deaths in France in 2023. 19,000 in the USA, not including suicides.

[@chuckdawit]

@@admdubya2107 How many are accidents?

[@hvivar3351]

The ignorance is loud on this one

[@jeffa847]

Years ago when they had that mass shooting they covered how much the gunman had paid for some of their weapons. They got full auto AKs cheaper than we get semi-auto AKs. They are illegal - smuggled in from the You can still own guns in France. Many of the English gun owners moved their weapons down to France and established gun clubs there after their draconian gun bans (that lowered the murder rate by....uh..nothing) I think semi-autos are harder to get (legally) but I think you can even own them. Of course these guys would have illegal guns.

[@GospelOfThomasMcSwain]

​@@admdubya2107nice sidestep of the question with a completely irrelevant jab. OP didn't make any political statement. He/she merely asked a question.

[@Inkypoid]

The French fold like origami.

[@davidmelissaaguilar8007]

The name of the prisoner raises a concern.

[@BillyBob-tr3jr]

But yet its extremely easy to predict. If you bet that a violent gunman in Europe is named Mohammed, you'll have like a > 50% success rate.

[@qk.6535]

Aren’t guns illegal over there?

[@thejuicyfruitman]

Lol like criminals follow the law

[@aerith119]

Illegal doesn't mean unobtainable.

[@ExtrovertedCenobite]

Yes make weapons illegal and wait to see if the bad guys turn theirs in. 😂😂🤣🤣😅

[@qk.6535]

@@ExtrovertedCenobite 😆😆

[@gnosticnight]

@@aerith119 That comment says it all.

[@caledoniawarrior]

Diversity is not a strength, you get what you let your leaders do to you.

[@user-nw6pg8el4l]

Ah spoken like a true American. Id get into the social and economic factors that led to your point of view but I'd take too long. Anyways read up on the Chinese Exclusion act. The Bracero program. I can tell you this. The hate of "diversity"/immigrants was fired up again in the 80s in order to gain votes for conservative politicians.

[@alexandrabellerose3550]

so you are saying white guy from france couldn't pull this off? If you are dark skinned you gain 100 skill to armed robbery and suddenly everyone loves you enough to fight police for you.

[@Watk72]

Tell me how gun laws work again please!!

[@ausername7470]

They cant

[@admdubya2107]

Ok. There were 500 gun related deaths in France in 2023. The United States had 19,000 before getting into self deletion. Guns aren’t illegal there, just highly regulated. They seem work better than arming everybody is “how they work.”

[@hvivar3351]

Not because they are illegal they can't be obtained

[@user-pk3gb7yx3x]

Mentally disabled people are not allowed to have guns in France, mass shooting is not common, and people don’t get killed every.

[@kek3908]

@@hvivar3351 So criminals will get their gusn and law abiding citizens are denied, thanks for the clarification.

[@HeatherHolt]

That’s like right out of a movie. That’s wild.

[@stuartlent2645]

I thought France was a gun free zone. So much for France.

[@MadMarlin1964]

Diversity and open borders!

[@nidodson]

Clearly a problem of governments representing oligarchs, instead of the people. Diversity actually makes countries stronger, while limiting diversity leads to radical extremism, like we are seeing in Israel.

[@e.t.english8796]

Something straight out of a movie! Prayers to all

[@eddyvideostar]

To ET English. Forget the movie crap and tune into reality. People lose reality's seriousness.

[@1337Frederick]

Looks like the criminals are learning from the hardline tactics of the police. It seems extremely possible that these criminals are part of the forces trained to be interoperable.

[@Tbusx]

How could these guys be so unprepared not guard with them but the people who sent them out

[@xanthonyjamesx]

Condolences to their friends & family ❤

[@ccryder654]

KEEP LETTING THE CRIMALS IN!! THIS IS WHAT GOES ON!!!! LACK OF SENCE!!!!

[@TheTrueOnyxRose]

Do you really think the domestics are actually more behaved? 😂 People are people.

[@kristentindle3075]

Rest in peace

[@richwightman3044]

Maybe they should make guns illegal in Europe.

[@blazayblazay8888]

EUROPEAN CRIMES ARE ALWAYS SO CINEMATIC

[@marcariotto1709]

Yeah, Right! So stylish!

[@tobiasmaile5919]

It's because in Europe, most perpetrators do not wear their pants at their knee level and thus avoid looking like stoned idiots...

[@flowkid76]

​@@tobiasmaile5919No they just wear suits and pass bills

[@I.D.I.O.C.R.A.C.Y.]

​@tobiasmaile5919 except they're afraid of sharpened butter knives lol

[@blazayblazay8888]

@@tobiasmaile5919 YOU LIVE IN YOUR MOMS BASEMENT SO YOUR COMMENTS MAKE SENSE TO NO ONE

[@Patriot1792]

How are those gun restrictions working out for you?

[@jabba0975]

"Armed gunmen"? I wonder what they were armed with.

[@levandeur3574]

They were armed with two arms each! 💪😏✋

[@Doobydoo916]

Diversity at it's best

[@ghostmantagshome-er6pb]

Look in Texas.

[@oldfarthacks]

Actually, this does not happen in Texas for one reason, the guards are very well armed. The French on the other hand expect that signs on the border saying guns are a no no is enough to keep them from being used.

[@adriantam2573]

You telling me a van can’t push through 😢

[@rebeccaaldrich3396]

It's some foreigner that did that!

[@ufc5148]

Small time drug dealers acting like they are freeing el Chapo 😂😂😂

[@ADR3N0CHRM3-_-ADDICT]

Well, the plan worked 🤷‍♂️🤡

[@verizonvampire]

You think they'd heist a police van with explosives if it was that small? Lol use your head

[@Zedeezia]

Them: "urgent manhunt underway" Also Them: initially refuses to give name, still refuses to give public a image or description of said suspect. *Peak level journalism*

[@e4t662]

The best episode of Breaking Bad was called "Fly"..

[@macaframa1477]

i hated it when i first saw it... then when i finished the series it finally dawned on me how symbolic that episode was. so, i agree... it was a good one

[@mikef7698]

Fly was a made man, and Walt wasn't

[@phosphate66]

worst episode

[@eddyvideostar]

To E4t662. Then go to the Breaking Bad comment video board.

[@LuckyCharms777]

Don’t worry, Inspector Clouseau is on the case. Catching the Pink Panther will have to wait.

[@user-sk5ge3mm1e]

Something you would expect in a movie

[@mollymarsh2279]

They should look for him at the intelligence agencies...

[@Assureddominance]

I do prison transportation. Me and my partner are armed. I wonder if they are armed in France?

[@luxomars4049]

Of course they do, but the convoy was light because the criminal is far to be a big boss or a dangerous one, the intervention is disproportionate

[@nivek5031]

Top Cop to subordinates, "Just do as you are told, I know what I'm doing".

[@jovannib2913]

The level of incompetence here is astonishing

[@naomichesang145]

Wow!,you see how others love there boss

[@eddyvideostar]

Naomi, Yes. Not everyone wants to take over.

[@bradleyparks812]

why didn't you show his face?

[@bbiancini]

🤭 hehe, diversity is our strength!

[@kylemelder5118]

@@bbiancini Not likely, France has banned Hijabs and other Islamic wear. Random guess, it might have to do with not wanting to spook him, or they don't want people seeing him and trying to get him themselves. Spook him, and it becomes much harder. He may never travel openly, as everyone knows what he looks like. He may step away from the work entirly for a while, changing his face, habits, and friends. If he feels even a little more secure, he may slip up, or think he can keep some of his old contacts instead of wiping his life completely. As far as random citizens trying to get him, they don't want a lot more dead.

[@user-nw6pg8el4l]

​@@bbiancinithat far right nationalistic movement is thriving in Europe I see

[@sutenjarl1162]

@@user-nw6pg8el4l cope harder commie

[@bobbowie5334]

Looked like no security at all.

[@micipsaLEgrand]

I don't understand what's shocking here after watching a massacre in gaza

[@alipatepareti2301]

Never rule out the possibility of an inside job

[@allison8752]

What in the world is going on over there geez

[@juliosalazar3997]

Not authorized deadly force or trained to use it - France

[@62ndAlpha]

Interesting name without a picture 😂😂😂

[@ponypower8]

Life imitates art.

[@mohammedalsmadi680]

the fly… flew away

[@thekingofkingsrp]

Can not even transport a prisoner but they think they can take on Russia 😂😂😂😂

[@theduke9292]

Can’t even take on Ukraine but they think they can take on NATO 😂😂😂😂

[@beryllium1932]

💩< don't tread on he

[@GospelOfThomasMcSwain]

​@@theduke9292I'm against both Ukraine and Russia, and all forms of government, but Russia did just open up a whole new front with fresh troops in Ukraine, while Ukraine is already struggling - despite having numerous Nato (+ American) weapon suppliers and, in some cases, operators. Even American and NATO military experts are predicting that Ukraine will ultimately lose the war. Ukraine is desperately trying to get NATO fully involved because they lack manpower. It's one thing to want the underdog to win despite the low odds, but to claim that the underdog is vastly superior to the clearly dominant dog is delusional.

[@theduke9292]

@@GospelOfThomasMcSwain never said Ukraine was vastly superior I just said Russia can’t defeat Ukraine yet claims to be able to fight NATO Russia intended to end the war in under a week. Yet here we are two years later. Without any major territory shifts in almost a year. The last major territory shift was a Ukrainian counteroffensive in Kherson which reclaimed the entire oblast. This most recent offensive having yet to result in any shifts in the balance of power and has reportedly cost the Russians thousands of troops and already having begun bogging down. Also there have been no NATO operators in Ukraine, according to intelligence the RUSSIAN FSB THEMSELVES posted there are a total of 357 nato personnel in Ukraine currently. Though they tried to claim they were combat troops NATO was quick to reveal the identity of these soldiers revealing half of them to be trainers. The remaining half are Embassy guards.

[@Joachim4964]

Peaceful community spreading peace in France. The fruits of multi culture assimilation!

[@accent77]

Mohamaed Amra. That's a very Frenchy name.

[@haledhajdari1154]

He is a citizen. You wouldn't know what is that, wouldn't you ?

[@GM14218]

It’s Mahomet or Baphomet in French

[@ILikeGuns1992]

That "drug kingpin" was supposedly commiting thefts in supermarket.

[@taztazblackwell3927]

Thats what multicultural inrichment is right here

[@EJ351]

But but but guns are banned in france

[@gran-fromg-townhola9429]

Thanks

[@sumwonkool]

Isn’t there a movie just like this?

[@jahgirl8647]

Kind of reminds of a scene in the movie The Italian Job when Ed Norris’s character has 2 other vehicles block the one they’re all in on a bridge, and he shoots Donald Sutherland and gets away with all the gold bars they had just stolen. That’s the only film that popped up in my mind.

[@nicholasmolinaro9141]

The show Gomorrah on Max has a scene in I believe the second season where the mob boss gets broken out of a prison transport almost exactly like this except the gangsters use a tractor to block the road. You can find the scene on here just search, Gomorrah escape scene

[@sumwonkool]

@@nicholasmolinaro9141 nope. Past movie. 2000s

[@MrPeterbs]

The French Connection never went away.

[@g-dcomplex1609]

The French connection is to blame, call inspector cluseau

[@briankatema6479]

In this times we need to pray not everyone has money to support the family ❤❤God hear the cry of your people

[@hood_TheJoker]

French security didn't plan this very well.. and what the heck is a armed gunman? a gunman is always armed

[@mightysun89]

This is sickening.

[@IronRonin4real]

Sheesh, we should hire these guys as police officers in San Francisco. Seems like they know how to get the job done.

[@cmack7281]

Those guys laid down that French pipe 😂

[@rileystewart2150]

Someone want to drop this story before they finish throwing a photo of the man

[@magicalhats]

If such a high profile convict, why no additional escort? I think authorities are taking it so seriously cause it could have been prevented if they had proper amount of backup following them.

[@dmsadigitalmediaservicesar2586]

He is less than 7 miles away from the escape point.

[@annajeppesen4662]

My condolences to all the families, friends and communities that have lost love ones in this heinous tragedy ❤❤ , i hope all who were involved are held accountable for this avoidable disturbing crime!!

[@BaronEvola123]

Why would the criminals be armed if France has such tight restrictions on guns?

[@luxomars4049]

lol, if you are a criminal you want to defend yourself from other gangs and police. Civil population is unarmed. Those weapons are bought illegally from mafias in Balkan or Ukraine

[@MilMI-24]

Do people really think that the State not allowing weapons for civilians will mean that criminals do not have access to weapons?

[@paimei1651]

Maybe transporting a kingpin in a delivery van is a bad idea?

[@beyondhuman3148]

Governments need to stop being so soft on criminals.

[@kaldorf]

Tragedy. Praying for the families of the departed.

[@jaybird2791]

Diversity

[@atfbproductions7458]

The Fly has flown ya'll

[@relentless305]

Aint does trucks gotta have bulletproof glass

[@omutvtube3910]

Pray for the families of the slain victims. How sad.

[@tylertoptier2353]

Well RIP to those guards that were most likely under armed and under trained for such an event.

[@davemanone3661]

These people had a plan, the attack was unexpected. Not surprising they pulled it off, they knew what they were doing.

[@ricksmith7659]

Wow!!!!

[@KT-sv6jx]

So Ghetto...... May The Lord Give Comfort And Strength To The Families 💕🙏💕

[@stoptheviolence3358]

These are some real friends 😂

[@justmyownpersonalopinion]

R.I.P

[@sneekysmurf4754]

Bold Move Good Timing almost like they had help

[@bobscott9544]

Not a kingpin just a kidnapper although if they really went through all the effort to free a guy like that then they must be more dangerous than the police thought.

[@brokenpain911]

to everybody said free my dog this is how you free your dog el Chapo way

[@GordonOnoh]

These are some very Serious guys....

[@charlesshort4287]

This video shows no picture of the man, why,