Helicopter prison escape plot for French drug boss foiled on Costa del Sol
Heavily armed police have reportedly thwarted a plan to free a French drug cartel boss from a Costa del Sol prison by helicopter.
A plan to break a French drug cartel boss out of a Costa del Sol prison using a helicopter has been foiled by heavily armed police, according to the Olive Press.
The newspaper describes the plot as a Hollywood-style escape attempt. It reports that the prison also holds Scottish mafia boss Stephen Lyons.
The Olive Press, an English-language newspaper covering southern Spain, reported the story on 12 October 2026.
Source: www.theolivepress.es
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