The police arrested the 38-year-old Abderrahim B. in Nijmegen on Friday afternoon. The Moroccan Dutchman escaped two weeks ago from prison in Turnhout, Belgium. Three men were arrested fairly soon after their escape attempt because they jumped from a 6 meter high wall, causing bruises. The other two, including Abderrahim B., had ropes with which they dropped. They were probably picked up by a flight car.

Drugs
Abderrahim B. was hiding in Nijmegen, where he hid himself on the loft of a house during Christmas and New Year. There he was arrested this morning by the Fugitive Active Search Team of the police. The man has been sentenced in Belgium to 4.5 years in prison for theft and drug offenses and has to sit for more than 4 years. FastNL tracked down the man through information obtained from their Belgian colleagues.

Blind spot
The escape in Turnhout led to frowns because he was relatively simple. The men managed to climb unseen on a wall in the blind spot of a security camera. Then they cut a 10,000-volt power cord (they had put socks on their hands to protect against electric shock) and lowered themselves down a rope on the other side of the wall.

Helicopter
One of the co-escapees, the Moroccan Oualid S. is still on the run. He served a sentence for a shooting and threatened to be extradited to Morocco, which was probably the reason for his escape. His brother, Ashraf S., escaped spectacularly from the prison of Bruges in 2009. He ran after a hijacked helicopter had landed in the courtyard.