ATHENS, Greece - One of the most wanted men in Greece pulled off adaring jail break, landing a helicopter in a prison yard to pick uphis brother and another inmate before fleeing in a fog of smoke,police said.
Police said Nikos Palaiokostas and another man forced the pilot ofa private helicopter to fly from a southern Greek resort to Athens'maximum security Korydallos prison, where they threw smoke flaresinto the yard as they landed, causing confusion.
They then bundled Palaiokostas' brother Vassilis and anotherinmate aboard and flew away.
After landing in a nearby cemetery, the two men sped off onmotorcycles with the escaped convicts, leaving the pilot behind,police said. The pilot was later detained.
Vassilis Palaiokostas, 40, was serving a 25-year sentence for thekidnapping of a Greek businessman. The other escaped prisoner,Albanian Alket Rizai, 32, was serving a life sentence formanslaughter.
Nikos Palaiokostas, 46, is one of Greece's most wanted men whoescaped from prison himself in 1990. He had been imprisoned for hisrole in a series of bank robberies, and was charged in absentia forthe same kidnapping as his brother.
Police did not identify the fourth man suspected in the escape.
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