"We have arrested the six inmates from locations around Doyo and Sentani," Jayapura Police Chief Adjunct Senior Commissioner Victor Mackbon stated here on Monday.
The police had deployed 30 personnel at several locations, including the border area, Sentani airport, and Jayapura port, to help in the search of the inmates.
"The police and officials of the prison have continued to hunt down the inmates," he added.
He called on the families of the inmates to remain cooperative and share with the police any information on the whereabouts of the escaped prisoners.
Earlier, on Sunday, 31 inmates had broken out of the Doyo Baru Narcotics Prison in Wibu Sub-District, Jayapura District, Papua.
They broke the jail`s Cenderawasih 1.1 block by knocking down the trellis of the ventilation room and used it as a ladder to scale the jail`s wall.
A total of 31 prisoners escaped of which two were recaptured earlier.
"Until now, we continue to hunt them down around a forest in Sentani," an official of Doyo Baru prison Hernowo remarked.
Reported by Musa Abubar
(S022/INE)
(T.SYS/B/KR-BSR/C/F001)
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Editor: Heru Purwanto
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