Fireworks have been reportedly heard to head off in Marco Radauno’s fatherland of Vieste while information of his Hollywood-esque escape first broke (Image: Italy 24 News)

Italian authorities have introduced a manhunt after a mobster used mattress linen to lower the partitions and get away a top-safety jail. 

CCTV of the dramatic escape appears to show Marco Radauno – a number one figure in the Apulia-primarily based Sacra Corona Unita mafia – clambering down the outer wall of the Badu’e Carros jail in Nuoro, Sardinia, the use of a rope of knotted bed sheets.

The 39-12 months-antique then leaps the ultimate a couple of metres to land on the grass under, ahead of jumping up and sprinting down the road. 

Radauno’s arrest got here in 2018 amid a large-scale drug and fingers trafficking sting, and had lately gained a last jail sentence of nineteen years.

Whilst information of his get away broke, there were reportedly fireworks noticed in Radauno’s native land of Vieste, which the town mayor used to be quick to characteristic to an especially raucous birthday celebration.

Guards best spotted Radauno was missing hours after he scaled the wall, whilst he did not go back to his cellphone at the finish of a recreational length which frequently saw him at the prison library. 

Police have introduced a wide-ranging seek in Sardinia, together with roadblocks and additional tests at delivery hubs, that have led to flight delays.

Guards simplest noticed Radauno was missing two hours after he scaled the wall, whilst he didn’t go back to his cellular phone (Image: Italy 24 Information)

Police have introduced a large-ranging seek in Sardinia to find him (Picture: Italy 24 News)

Marco Radauno, 39, is a number one determine in the Apulia-based totally Sacra Corona Unita mafia (Picture: Italy 24 Information)

Prison authorities told native press the inmate had allegedly stolen a collection of keys which he used to free up a door leading to the outside wall.