Drug Kingpin’s Accomplices Extradited: France Closes Net on Deadly Prison Escape Gang

Under an Interpol red notice, the two men had been arrested in February in Morocco, following the arrest in Bucharest, Romania of Mohamed Amra, who had been on the run for nine months. "The two alleged accomplices of Mr. Amra, whose cowardly escape cost the lives of two prison officers, have just been extradited to France," announced Minister of Justice Gérald Darmanin on X, thanking the Moroccan authorities who "made this (extradition) operation possible quickly." Alan Gomes and Albinou Da Sylva "will be presented quickly to a judge and will have to answer for their actions," he added.

According to the investigators, Alan Gomes was part of the commando that had attacked in May 2024 at the Incarville (Eure) toll booth the prison van transporting Mohamed Amra. After their crime, the two men, originally from and residing in Évreux, had fled to Morocco. In total, 41 other people are indicted in this case. 30 of them are in pre-trial detention.