One of the five detainees who escaped from the Immigration Detention Centre (IDC), Wallerfield on Thursday 20th December, 2018, has been recaptured.
Ryan Badal, 23, a Guyanese national, was detained by officers of the Gasparillo Police Station while they were conducting a mobile patrol along the Bonne Aventure Main Road, Gasparillo around 3:50 am on Sunday.
Officers had cause to stop and arrest the escapee after observing him standing on the side of the roadway acting suspiciously.
He was taken to the Gasparillo Police Station and the IDC contacted.
The other four detainees who were last seen at the IDC around 3 pm on Thursday; Krishna Bailey, a 22-year-old Jamaican national; and three Venezuelan nationals; 24-year-old Rodney Noel Reyes Mendoza; 27-year-old Jose Luis Ramirez Yanez and 32-year-old Luis Carlos Sisfontes, are still on the run and the manhunt for their recapture continues.
Anyone with information on the whereabouts of the escapees is encouraged to contact the police at 999, 555, 911, 800-TIPS or any police station or text/WhatsApp 482-GARY (4279).