Overview
- Daniel Boakye, 21, was detained at about 8:20 p.m. local time on March 2 in La Bouëxière, Brittany, on suspicion of escaping lawful custody.
- The Met, the National Crime Agency and French law enforcement coordinated the arrest after a two-week search.
- Police believe he left the UK concealed in a lorry after absconding from Lewisham Hospital on February 15.
- Detectives are investigating who may have helped him, after he posted videos and a new track online taunting officers while on the run.
- Boakye was jailed in 2023 for knifepoint robberies that stole about £115,000 in cryptocurrency, and he remains a foreign national offender facing deportation to Ghana.