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Police dogs, a helicopter and officers were searching in back gardens which eventually led to Khalife being captured and arrested.
The Metropolitan Police previously noted the former soldier’s “ingenuity” as he managed to hold on to strapping on the underside of a delivery lorry to escape from HMP Wandsworth.
It wasn’t until two days after the escape that the force had confirmed sightings of the former soldier – this appeared to be when the police honed in on the 21-year-old.
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How Daniel Khalife was found and arrested
Before any sightings had been confirmed, the police searched the Richmond Park area on Friday morning.
A member of the public reported seeing a man matching Khalife’s description walking away from a Bidfood van that had stopped near the south entrance to Wandsworth Roundabout shortly after his escape, the force said.
On Friday evening, Commander Dominic Murphy said that police conducted an intelligence-led search at a residential property in the Richmond area.
Mr Murphy wouldn’t say whether or not the address that was being searched in the Richmond borough was linked to Khalife by family or associates.
The counter-terrorism officer said the force had been “deploying resources throughout the night”.
He said: “We had the helicopter up, we had dogs, we had an awful lot of resource.
“I’m aware that it caused some concern for residents seeing police officers trying to search around their houses and in some cases, I’ve heard on the media… in their back gardens.
“This was all in an effort to try and locate Daniel Khalife.”
Plain-clothed officer pulled Daniel Khalife off push bike
Mr Murphy said that after police searched the residential…
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