Drone spots Chinese fugitive in tiny cave, after 17 years on run
Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2019 11:10 am
Police deployed drones after the challenging and complex mountain landscape made searching on foot too difficult. (Yongshan Police)
By 9News Staff
Oct 1, 2019
Song had been secluded for so long he had difficulties communicating with police,..
Chinese police have arrested a fugitive who'd been on the run for 17 years, after they used drones to spot his cave hideout.
The 63-year old, named Song Jiang by the police, had been jailed for trafficking women and children but escaped from a prison camp in 2002.
He had been living in a tiny cave cut off from human interaction for years.
Yongshan police received clues about Song's whereabouts in early September, they said on their WeChat account.
The drones eventually spotted a blue-coloured steel tile on a steep cliff as well as traces of household rubbish nearby.
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