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Quebec sees second jailbreak involving helicopter

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A Public Security bus sits behind barb wire at the Orsainville detention centre in Quebec City Thursday, July 22, 2010. Quebec Provincial Police say three inmates have escaped from the Orsainville Detention Centre in Quebec City with the help of a green coloured helicopter. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot

MONTREAL – There has been another jailbreak in Quebec involving a helicopter.

Quebec Provincial Police say three inmates have escaped from the Orsainville Detention Centre in Quebec City with the help of a green coloured helicopter.

There are no further details.

Last year, there was a daring escape at St-Jerome prison involving a helicopter where a pilot was forced at gunpoint to pluck two inmates from the facility on a quiet Sunday afternoon.

The two escapees and the two suspects who hijacked the chopper were caught by police within a few hours of the escape.

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