Darwin: NT Police searching for prison escapee Isaac Thompson who fled custody
The 26-year-old was last seen on Sunday night, when he escaped police custody.
Police are desperately working to locate a man who escaped police custody overnight.
About 8.15pm on Sunday, Isaac Thompson, 26, was being escorted between an ambulance and the emergency department at Royal Darwin Hospital when he fled custody.
NT Police said he was only wearing a pair of shorts and socks and was handcuffed at the time of the escape.
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“We’re asking members of the public not to approach him,” he said.
“If you see him, call Triple Zero immediately.”
Thompson was last seen running along Rocklands Road.
Sgt Bradshaw urged Thompson to hand himself in.
Anyone with any information on the 26-year-old or his whereabouts are asked to contact 000 and quote reference number P26191473.
The escape comes two months after a prisoner with links to organised crime escaped custody while attending his brother’s funeral.
Orijol Rukaj, 47, was given permission to make the supervised visit to the Keilor East cemetery in Melbourne while being held in remand at a correctional centre in Lara, north-east of Geelong.
He was set to face court last month on drug importation charges, Victoria Police Acting Inspector Simon Pengelly said on June 11.
“We don’t believe that he’s a danger to the community, but obviously they’re very, very serious charges of drug importation,” he said.
Rukaj was tasked with carrying his brother’s casket and was one of about 300 people who attended the ceremony, Victoria Police said.
At some point during the funeral, he managed to evade his supervisors and is believed to have fled the location in a dark coloured Land Cruiser.
“We believe that he was picked up by that Land Cruiser and left, but just due to the sheer amount of people, (they) couldn’t see,” Act Insp Pengelly said.
It is understood that there have been no confirmed sightings of Rukaj, who police say has links to Albanian organised crime, since then.
Police have identified a number of people believed to have assisted Rukaj with his escape, but they are not currently in Australia.
Members of the public are urged to come forward with any sightings, but police say Rukaj is not considered violent.
