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Fugitive On Run For 17 years Found Living In Cave By A Drone
Chinese police 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 by the police, had been jailed for traffick- ing women and children but escaped from a prison camp in 2002.
He had been liv- ing in a tiny cave cut off from human interac- tion for years.
Yongshan police received clues about Song's
whereabouts in early September, they said on their WeChat account.
Those clues led them to the mountains behind his hometown in Yunnan province in south-west China.
After regular searches failed to find anything, authorities sent additional drones to help the offi- cers.
The drones even- tually spotted a blue-coloured steel tile on a steep cliff as well as traces of household rub-
bish nearby.
Police then moved in on foot 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.
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