( CNN ) -- Canadian police arrested three people Sunday in connection with a daring helicopter escape from a Quebec prison . Benjamin Hudon-Barbeau , one of two escaped inmates is in custody , along with two other people , said Quebec provincial police spokesman Benoit Richard . Dany Provencal , the second inmate , is `` surrounded , '' and authorities are negotiating to bring him in peacefully , he said . `` I can tell you one thing : The two people that were inside the jail needed help to get out , '' Richard told CNN . The spokesman declined to identify the other two people arrested . He also declined to say where the arrests took place , under what circumstances , or where Provencal was located . The three people arrested will appear in court Monday morning . The escape happened at around 2:20 p.m . ET Sunday at a prison in Saint-Jerome , northwest of Montreal . The pilot was taken to a hospital for examination and will be interviewed by investigators , Richard said . He did not know whether the pilot had been injured and declined to speculate on news reports that said the inmates held a gun to the pilot 's head , forcing him to fly . Richard told CNN the pilot is considered a witness , not a suspect . Hudon-Barbeau was cleared on appeal of a double murder , but returned to prison in connection with an attempted murder investigation , the spokesman said . He said he did not know what Provencal was convicted of . Christa McGregor , spokeswoman for the Correctional Service of Canada , said Provencal was serving a federal sentence of seven years and 10 months for various offenses including arson , break and enter , forcible confinement , unauthorized possession of a firearm , utter threats to cause harm and dangerous operation of a motor vehicle . His sentence started in September 2011 , she said . After the escape , a man claiming to be Hudon-Barbeau spoke to a reporter at 98.5 FM in Montreal , by phone . `` I do n't want to cause any harm to anybody . I am not a killer . I never did anything bad to an innocent . I know that ( the escape ) was n't the best thing to do , but I did n't want to stay in prison anymore . I am ready to die , '' the station reported he said . It also reported that the helicopter involved approached the prison and dropped a cable that allowed the inmates to escape . The helicopter was later found at Mont-Tremblant , also in Quebec . Once the helicopter landed , Hudon-Barbeau and Provencal are believed to have left in a car . Authorities were looking for that car , but Richard declined to provide a description of it . After the arrests , he said he did n't know whether the vehicle had been found . Officials were doing a headcount at the prison to make sure that no one else was unaccounted for , the spokesman said . CNN 's Susan Candiotti and Ross Levitt reported from New York . Dana Ford wrote this report from Atlanta . CNN 's Paula Newton and Alexander Hunter also contributed to this report .
They are arrested with escaped inmate Dany Provencal . Benjamin Hudon - Barbeau , another inmate , is arrested , along with two other inmates . The inmates escaped from a French prison in a helicopter . The pilot of the helicopter was taken to a hospital ; he is not considered a suspect .