ACCUSED terrorist Daniel Khalife walked 12 miles in four days with a “survival pack” and a stolen mountain bike after breaking out of prison.
The ex-soldier, 21, was finally caught by officers on the Grand Union Canal Bridge in west London after a four-day manhunt.
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The mountain bike was found overturned when Khalifa was finally tracked down Credit: Louis Wood News Group Newspapers Ltd
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A Waitrose grocery bag and bottle of water were also at the sceneCredit: The Sun
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Khalife, who spent four days running covering 19.2 miles, also had a sleeping bag Credit: Louis Wood News Group Newspapers Ltd
Exclusive footage obtained by The Sun showed him with a bicycle by his side as the police goose chase finally came to an end.
It appears there was a sleeping bag as well as a Waitrose cooler bag of groceries.
Khalife has been on the run for four days since escaping from HMP Wandsworth on Wednesday morning.
But his arrest in Northolt today happened just 12.2 miles from the prison in south-west London.
In a lengthy chase, officers mistakenly arrested an innocent man they mistook for Khalife in Banbury, Oxfordshire.
A £20,000 reward was also offered for useful information, while police searched parks and rivers while also monitoring airports.
The Metropolitan Police have now revealed that Khalife was taken off his bike on the towpath this afternoon and arrested by a plainclothes officer.
Khalife fled Wandsworth on Wednesday morning, hiding under a food delivery van – sparking a major police chase.
Eyewitness Ethan Andrews told The Sun today that he witnessed Khalife’s arrest while on his way to a nearby gym.
Ethan, a 20-year-old University of Bath student from nearby Greenford, said: “I was crossing the bridge and saw this man with cable ties around his arms.
“One of the officers said, ‘We are undercover officers.’
“I follow the news and I recognized him and said, ‘Is that the guy who was in jail?’, and one of the officers said ‘yes.’
“I took out my phone and started filming. The police told me not to, but how often will I see something like this again?
“He was held down by three officers on the floor and five minutes later there were many more police on the scene – and some from the Territorial Support Group.
“The guy was on a bike and had a sleeping bag on – he appeared to have changed.”
Another local previously told the Chiswick Calendar website that he allegedly saw him sleeping on a bench on Kew Bridge.
Commander Dominic Murphy, who heads the Met’s counter-terrorism command, said this afternoon that the suspect was “fully co-operating” with officers when he was finally arrested.
Khalife was taken into custody at a west London police station and Commander Murphy said he would “still be tried for the original offences”.
Earlier, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he was “very glad” that Khalifa had been arrested and praised police and the public for their efforts to help find him.
Mr. Sunak told reporters: “This is obviously very welcome news. And once again, I thank the police and the public for their help.”
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Khalife is suspected of escaping by hiding under a food delivery truck while working in the prison kitchen.
He escaped wearing a chef’s uniform of a white short-sleeved shirt, red and white checkered pants, and brown steel toed boots.
Khalifa is said to have used makeshift straps to attach himself to the truck as he was waved out of prison.
Additional security checks at ports and airports in the search for Khalifeh caused travel disruptions for tourists.
Justice Minister Alex Chalk announced an inquiry into Wandsworth Prison when the House of Commons was informed of Khalife’s escape.
Khalife, before he was sacked, was accused of leaving fake bombs at an RAF base in January.
He had been missing for more than three weeks following a bomb hoax before his arrest on January 26.
The second charge, under the Official Secrets Act, alleges that he collected personal information from the Defense Department’s computer system about soldiers that could be useful to the enemy.
He was remanded in custody in Wandsworth ahead of a trial scheduled for November 20.
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Exclusive footage obtained by The Sun shows Khalifa being arrestedCredit: The Sun
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There was a huge police search for the missing 21-year-old Credit: Metropolitan Police
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The ex-soldier escaped from Wandsworth Prison on Wednesday morningCredit: PA
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He previously served in the Army in the Royal Corps of Signals Credit: Sky News
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Khalifa is believed to have escaped from prison tied to a BidFood truck Credit: Metropolitan Police
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Police have released images of the type of prison kitchen clothes they believe he was wearing Credit: Metropolitan Police
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