L’évadé a été arrêté vendredi soir dans une résidence de vacances à Canet-en-Roussillon (Pyrénées-Orientales).
Il a été arrêté le jour de ses 21 ans. Le fugitif Ilyas Kherbouch, aussi connu sous le surnom de «Ganito», a été interpellé vendredi 20 mars à Canet-en-Roussillon (Pyrénées-Orientales), près de deux semaines après son évasion de la prison de Villepinte (Seine-Saint-Denis), grâce à la complicité de trois faux policiers.
Le ministre de l’Intérieur, Laurent Nuñez, a annoncé l’interpellation d’Ilyas Kherbouch sur X, tard vendredi soir. «Le détenu évadé de la prison de Villepinte a été interpellé ce jour par des effectifs des brigades de recherche et d’intervention sans incident, à Canet-en-Roussillon», a-t-il écrit sur le réseau social. Le parquet de Paris a également confirmé cette arrestation à franceinfo et à l’AFP.
Le jeune homme est connu de la justice pour de multiples faits de vols aggravés. Il n’a vécu que «un mois et demi» en liberté depuis ses 14 ans, a précisé à l’AFP son avocate, May Sarah Vogelhut. Franceinfo revient sur ce que l’on sait de cette interpellation vendredi soir, à la suite d’une évasion rocambolesque.
Une interpellation dans une résidence de vacances, tard vendredi soir
La Brigade nationale de recherche des fugitifs (BNRF) a réussi à localiser le détenu dans les Pyrénées-Orientales, a appris France Télévisions auprès d’une source policière. Le jeune fugitif a été interpellé par des membres de la Brigade de recherche et d’intervention (BRI) de Montpellier (Hérault) et de Perpignan (Pyrénées-Orientales), alertée par la BNRF, selon les informations de France Télévisions et d’ICI Roussillon.
Ilyas Kherbouch a été arrêté au Malibu Village, une résidence de vacances de Canet-en-Roussillon, a précisé une source au sein de la BRI à France Télévisions. D’après une source proche du dossier An investigation has been opened by the specialized interregional jurisdiction of Paris for «organized escape» and association of criminals for the preparation of crimes and offenses. The accomplices of «Ganito» arrived at the prison with a «police armband, like the BAC» (Brigade anti-criminalité), as described by Fabrice Sereault-Gobet, an employee at the Villepinte remand center and local secretary of FO-Justice in Seine-Saint-Denis. They then presented a fake warrant for the custody of Ilyas Kherbouch. The document was «stamped paper, like one would find in any judgment, with all the civil elements of the detainee,» according to Yoan Karar. «There was the official stamp of the Melun court» (Seine-et-Marne), so that «Ganito» could be taken to the police station in the city. «Everything was very well done,» he insists. An extraction of the young detainee was planned the day before.
During a control on a parking lot in Paris the next day, BAC police officers spotted a masked man holding a plastic bag, joining a second man. The agents found in this bag police armbands, as well as fake police cards and the fake extraction order used during the escape, detailed a source close to the investigation to France Télévisions. Two suspects, including a minor, were arrested. They were indicted on March 11 for «counterfeiting and use of counterfeiting in an administrative document, counterfeiting and use of counterfeiting in a public writing, active corruption of a person holding public authority, active corruption of a person charged with a public service mission, participation in a criminal association for the preparation of an offense punishable by 10 years’ imprisonment and organized escape,» as specified by the Paris prosecutor.
«Ganito» was incarcerated at the Villepinte remand center to serve four sentences and was in pre-trial detention as a suspect in two other cases. The young man was specifically sentenced in 2024 to seven years in prison for his involvement in the kidnapping and burglary of the Italian chef of the George V in Paris, Simone Zanoni. The fugitive was also indicted in November 2025 in the home-jacking case of Gianluigi Donnarumma, the former PSG goalkeeper. The release of this repeat offender, prior to any new decision, was scheduled for 2035.
On March 12, Ilyas Kherbouch was sentenced on appeal to six years in prison, as in the first instance, for complicity in an attempted theft aggravated by three circumstances, for a home-jacking in Paris on February 7, 2024. «He has a terrible record, and yet, we had taken time with him, as I considered it important. But despite this, he decided to escape,» said the president of the Paris Court of Appeal, issuing a warrant for his arrest.
The escaped prisoner was arrested on Friday night in a holiday residence in Canet-en-Roussillon (Pyrénées-Orientales).
He was arrested on his 21st birthday. The fugitive Ilyas Kherbouch, also known as «Ganito,» was arrested on Friday, March 20 in Canet-en-Roussillon (Pyrénées-Orientales), nearly two weeks after his escape from the Villepinte prison (Seine-Saint-Denis), with the help of three fake police officers.
Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez announced the arrest of Ilyas Kherbouch on Friday night. «The escaped prisoner from Villepinte prison was arrested today by the research and intervention brigades without incident, in Canet-en-Roussillon,» he wrote on social media. The Paris prosecutor also confirmed this arrest to franceinfo and AFP. Le jour de ses 21 ans, le jeune homme a été appréhendé par la BRI à Canet-en-Roussillon (Pyrénées-Orientales) le vendredi 20 mars. The fugitive Ilyas Kherbouch, also known as «Ganito,» was arrested on Friday, March 20, in Canet-en-Roussillon (Pyrénées-Orientales), nearly two weeks after his escape from the Villepinte prison (Seine-Saint-Denis) with the help of three fake police officers. Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez confirmed Kherbouch’s arrest on social media late Friday. The Paris prosecutor’s office also verified the arrest.
Kherbouch was arrested on his 21st birthday. He is known to the justice system for numerous aggravated theft offenses. His lawyer, May Sarah Vogelhut, mentioned that he had only lived in freedom for «a month and a half» since he was 14 years old. Here is what is known about his arrest on Friday evening after a sensational escape.
An Arrest in a Vacation Residence Late Friday Night
The National Fugitive Research Brigade (BNRF) successfully located the detainee in Pyrénées-Orientales. He was apprehended by members of the Research and Intervention Brigade (BRI) from Montpellier (Hérault) and Perpignan (Pyrénées-Orientales), informed by the BNRF. Kherbouch was arrested at Malibu Village, a vacation residence in Canet-en-Roussillon, where he was staying with a woman, suspected to be his partner. The woman had booked the apartment through Booking, and they were scheduled to leave on Saturday. The woman had previously worked as a prison guard in Villepinte but was dismissed in March 2025 due to alleged trafficking and attempting to smuggle forbidden items to an inmate.
BRI agents surrounded Malibu Village around 6:00 pm on Friday, observing that Kherbouch had altered his appearance. The Paris prosecutor’s office stated that his arrest occurred at 8:55 pm. After being apprehended, Kherbouch was taken to Perpignan where he is under judicial custody. He has been served with an arrest warrant and was to appear before a judge along with his partner on Saturday. Le parquet de Paris précise qu’il s’agit d’une première étape dans l’attente de la présentation des suspects aux juges d’instruction de la Juridiction interrégionale spécialisée de Paris. Please rewrite this sentence. Please rewrite this sentence.
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