Police foil zeppelin jailbreak
Updated on 05 July 2009
Police in Spain have foiled a plot to use a zeppelin to help a prisoner break out of jail.
Investigators found a package sent from Italy containing sophisticated escape equipment that was to have been smuggled into the hilltop Salto del Negro prison on the Canary Island of Las Palmas using a 13ft electrically controlled dirigible.
The breakout had been planned for Tuesday, a day before the detainee, whose name was given as Giulio B, was due to appear in court on drug trafficking charges.
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