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Corsican Crime Figure Nizar Feddaoui Recaptured in Nice After Nearly Two Months on the Run

The Ajaccio prosecutor says the drug-trafficking inquiry now formally includes escape offences.

L’individu était activement recherché par la police après son évasion (photo d’illustration).
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Nizar Feddaoui vient d’être arrêté à Nice.

Overview

  • Ajaccio prosecutor Nicolas Septe confirmed Feddaoui’s arrest on Tuesday in Nice in a drug-trafficking case overseen by an investigating judge in Ajaccio.
  • Feddaoui escaped in early August during a transfer to the Nice hospital while under police custody, according to sources cited by AFP.
  • He had first been arrested on 8 August in Nice as part of the same narcotics investigation.
  • Prosecutors have expanded the case to include alleged escape offences in addition to the trafficking probe.
  • Feddaoui, 36, was acquitted in 2016 of the Yves Manunta murder but received 15 years for related crimes, was placed under judicial supervision after a 2024 indictment for drug trafficking, and was cited in a 2022 police note linking him to a Corsican gang.