Associated Press
BRUSSELS — Belgian authorities say they have recaptured a convict who escaped twice in as many weeks, including once from a Bruges prison by helicopter.
The convict, Abdelhaq Melloul-Khayari, is believed to have carried out a bank robbery with two others after they made their break from the Bruges high-security prison two weeks ago.
Police say the convict had euro20,000 ($28,543) on him in cash when he was arrested Monday morning in Brussels.
Melloul-Khayari had been sighted and detained by police on a train to Paris on Saturday, but managed to escape back to Belgium.
The three are all convicted bank robbers and have been described as dangerous criminals by police.