other inmates cheered from their cells. melissa bell has more. the extraordinary prison break that took place here in france on sunday was the stuff of hollywood movies. syed was helped by accomplices on sunday who managed to land a hijacked helicopter within the print walls in which he was serving time. france s justice minister said the break had been extremely well prepared, no doubt with the use of drones that were used to help carry out reconnaissance in the run-up to the breakout itself. sigh yeed was already very well known in france and boasted of inspiring himself from hollywood movies and the sorts of criminals that you would find in those. tonight he remains at large. some 3,000 police officers are involved in the search, in the attempt to recapture france s most notorious criminal who has now become that bit more notorious still, jim. a remarkable story.