Swiss police are hunting two escaped prisoners and their two accomplices . The men were arrested in the southern city of Basel on Tuesday after a tip-off from an informant. The two prisoners who escaped from Orbe prison Thursday evening were named by the Vaud canton 's police department as serial criminal Adrian Albrecht , 53 , and Milan Poparic , 34 , a Bosnian national . One of the inmates belongs to the Pink Panthers , an international jewel theft gang . The two accomplices used vehicles , ladders and automatic weapons to overcome security . The four men escaped in a gray-colored vehicle , police said .
Swiss police are hunting two escaped prisoners and their two accomplices . The men were arrested in the southern city of Basel on Tuesday after a tip-off from an informant. One of the inmates belongs to the Pink Panthers , an international jewel theft gang . The two accomplices used vehicles , ladders and automatic weapons to overcome security . The four men escaped in a gray-colored vehicle , police said .