Police in China 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, had originally 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. The police received clues about Song’s whereabouts in early September.
Clues which eventually led police to a cave not far from the criminals home town.
After regular searches failed to find anything, authorities sent additional drones to help the officers.
Police then moved in on foot after the drone spotted rubbish and the blue steel tile shown above and found Song in a small cave where he’d been hiding for years.
According to the police, “the man had been living in seclusion for so long that it was difficult for him to communicate with the officers.”
State media said Song had used plastic bottles to get drinking water from a river, and branches of trees to make fire.
He has been sent back to jail.
