{"id":15662,"date":"2019-09-30T08:19:09","date_gmt":"2019-09-30T12:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=15662"},"modified":"2019-09-30T08:19:09","modified_gmt":"2019-09-30T12:19:09","slug":"fugitive-on-run-for-17-years-found-living-in-cave-by-a-drone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2019\/09\/30\/fugitive-on-run-for-17-years-found-living-in-cave-by-a-drone\/","title":{"rendered":"Fugitive on run for 17 years found living in cave by a drone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">Chinese police have arrested a fugitive who&#8217;d been on the run for 17 years, after they used drones to spot his cave hideout.<\/p>\n<p>The 63-year old, named Song Jiang by the police, had been jailed for trafficking women and children but escaped from a prison camp in 2002.<\/p>\n<p>He had been living in a tiny cave cut off from human interaction for years.<\/p>\n<p>Yongshan police received clues about Song&#8217;s whereabouts in early September, they said\u00a0<a class=\"story-body__link-external\" href=\"https:\/\/mp.weixin.qq.com\/s\/RmLkuNRhbB_pvOShQydGLg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">on their WeChat account.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Those clues led them to the mountains behind his hometown in Yunnan province in south-west China.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image__img js-image-replace\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/3EA0\/production\/_109023061_bf4bf4e3-0ca6-4fa3-b6b3-e7ac96e821cb.jpg\" alt=\"Aerial shot of the cave entrance\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" data-highest-encountered-width=\"624\" \/><\/span><figcaption class=\"media-caption\"><span class=\"media-caption__text\">Drones spotted the cave on a steep hillside<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After regular searches failed to find anything, authorities sent additional drones to help the officers.<\/p>\n<p>The drones eventually spotted a blue-coloured steel tile on a steep cliff as well as traces of household rubbish nearby.<\/p>\n<p>Police then moved in on foot and found Song in a small cave where he&#8217;d been hiding for years.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<div class=\"story-body\">\n<div class=\"story-body__inner\">\n<p>State media said Song had used plastic bottles to get drinking water from a river, and branches of trees to make fire.<\/p>\n<p>He has been sent back to jail.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image__img js-image-replace\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/1790\/production\/_109023060_2f2f8ec1-5be4-40c2-8e19-a81adeee45c3.jpg\" alt=\"Outside of the cave\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" data-highest-encountered-width=\"624\" \/><\/span><figcaption class=\"media-caption\"><span class=\"media-caption__text\">The inside of the cave was about 2 sq metres (6.6 sq feet)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"topic-tags\">\n<div class=\"tags-container\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-asia-china-49874969\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">Chinese police have arrested a fugitive who&#8217;d been on the run for 17 years, after they used drones to spot his cave hideout. 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