2023-10-06 13:37:00
A large police deployment was underway on Friday followingnoon on the E19 motorway near Mechelen and in its immediate surroundings, following a detainee escaped during his transfer, the federal police said.
The man, who fled during his transfer from Marche-en-Famenne prison to the closed center for people residing illegally in Merksplas, in the province of Antwerp, had finished serving his sentence and was to be returned to Algeria, his country of origin.
The search operation was carried out jointly by the federal police and local police zones. The precise circumstances of his escape are still under investigation, police said. However, no injuries were reported and the man was probably not armed. The transfer was carried out by the Immigration Office. The inmate had finished serving his sentence for acts of theft and rebellion, the police said.
After a few hours, the police announced that they had put an end to the search.
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