Posted on 09/09/2023 5:44:09 PM PDT by RandFan
Terror suspect Daniel Khalife has been arrested in north-west London after a four-day search, police have said.
Scotland Yard said the 21-year-old ex-soldier was detained at 10:41 BST after being pulled from a bicycle on a canal towpath in the Northolt area.
He was held about 14 miles from Wandsworth prison, from where he escaped on Wednesday morning.
The Met had been reviewing CCTV footage and using a helicopter to search areas in west and south-west London.
Police thanked the public for contacting them with sightings, and said they'd had over 100 calls.
The force said Mr Khalife is currently in police custody.
He is accused of trying to spy for an enemy state, understood to be Iran, obtaining information likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism, and plotting a fake bomb hoax.
Mr Khalife was at Wandsworth on remand pending a trial in November after being denied bail at a court hearing in January.
His escape began in the kitchens of the prison - where he held a job - after he attached himself to the underside of a food delivery truck.
Cdr Dominic Murphy, head of Counter Terrorism Command, told reporters Mr Khalife was arrested on suspicion of being unlawfully at large and escaping from lawful custody.
"He was actually arrested by a plain clothes officer... and he was riding a pedal cycle so a pushbike at the time, was pulled off that pushbike by that officer."
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