PARIS (Reuters) - Police in southern France have arrested a member of the "Pink Panther" gang of jewel thieves who had been on the run since he escaped from a Swiss prison three months ago, a police source said on Wednesday.
The man, a French citizen of Montenegrin origin who is in his forties, was arrested on Monday at a villa near the southern city of Avignon at a time when the Riviera is on high alert after a string of jewellery heists in recent months.
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