French gangster Redoine Faid, the subject of an international manhunt after his brazen escape from a prison last month, is back in custody, the country's interior ministry said Wednesday, reports CNN.
Faid held five people, including four guards, at gunpoint at a detention center in the northern city of Lille on April 13, officials said.
He then burst his way to freedom, detonating explosives to destroy five doors.
Early Wednesday, French police arrested Faid at a hotel in the Seine-et-Marne region of France, the ministry said.
Faid fashioned himself as a modern-day gangster.
Read more of this report from CNN.