A priest in Fiji was due in court on Wednesday after allegedly helping an escaped prisoner evade authorities.
70710201 - lautoka, fiji - dec 30 2016:fijian police officers patrolling in the main street. the fiji police force annual statistics reveal an 18% increase in crime cases in 2015. Photo: rafaelbenari/123RF
The Fiji police said the escapee, Dinesh Deshwar Dutt, was recaptured in Lautoka on Wednesday.
The police said two other men aged 18 and 23 were arrested on Tuesday for harbouring Dutt at a home in Vuda.
The police chief operations officer Rusiate Tudravu said a team of police and corrections officers pursued Dutt throughout the night and managed to apprehend him in a mangrove swamp where he tried to resist being arrested.
A 50 year old businessman was also due to appear at the Nadi Magistrates Court on Wednesday for allegedly aiding Dutt.