Remember those three Canadian prisoners who flew to freedom a few weeks ago after a daring helicopter escape ? Well , they apparently did n't fly far enough . Quebec police arrested the trio early Sunday , and they 're right back where they started , at the Orsainville Detention Centre in Quebec City . `` The prisoners were arrested at 1:30 in the morning in Montreal . The SWAT team made the arrest and those three people will appear in court ... Monday in Quebec City , '' Quebec police spokesman Sgt . Ronald Mc Innis told CNN . He declined to say any more about the arrest as the investigation is continuing . The helicopter 's pilot has n't yet been caught , according to police , but more arrests are expected , Mc Innis said . Yves Denis , 35 , Denis Lefebvre , 53 , and Serge Pomerleau , 49 , escaped June 7 . Denis and Lefebvre were awaiting trial on charges stemming from a 2010 drug bust that netted weapons , cars and a plane . Officials did n't release any information about Pomerleau . The charges against them included murder , according to CNN partner CBC . They were being held under tight security , but a judge had issued a ruling allowing the three of them to be in the courtyard at the same time on court days , after they complained harsh security conditions were making it difficult to plan their defense , the CBC reported last week . The three , however , escaped on a Saturday . It was unclear who allowed them to go outside , the CBC reported . Helicopter escapes are n't common , but they 're not unheard of , either . In March 2013 , two men posing as tourists commandeered a helicopter from a Canadian tour company , ordered the pilot to fly over a detention center near Montreal , hoisted two inmates into the hovering aircraft using cables -- and zipped away . A Greek prison inmate escaped by helicopter in 2006 and did it again in 2009 . Another inmate tried the same trick last year , but was shot . In 1971 , Joel David Kaplan escaped from a Mexican jail aboard a helicopter . That escape inspired a book and a movie . Oklahoma jail shower escapees captured . Arizona jailbird escapes to meet his girlfriend for Valentine 's Day .
Judge had allowed trio to be outside together , CNN partner CNN reports . Quebec police say they ' ve arrested three prisoners who escaped on Friday . The three escaped June 7 when chopper went down in jail overnight . The helicopter pilot has n't yet been caught , police say .