Wednesday, 29 May 2019

UPDATE: Wanted Escapee May Have Travelled To The Hunter

BY IAN CROUCH

Police have confirmed Ben Michie has been arrested.

Officers located the 27-year-old around 3:45pm yesterday afternoon, in bushland about 70kms east of Glen Innes.


EARLIER:

Police believe a prisoner who escaped from a minimum security facility at Glenn Innes may have travelled to the Hunter.

27-year-old Ben Michie was reported missing from the facility yesterday morning.

He's described as being of Caucasian appearance, 175 centimetres tall with a medium build, brown hair and blue eyes.

Police say not to approach him but to call Triple Zero immediately.

Wanted Escapee: Ben Mitchie may have travelled to the Hunter