Helicopter, police canine and intelligence: How police tracked down Daniel Khalife
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olice canine, a helicopter and officers looking in again gardens ultimately helped result in terror suspect Daniel Khalife’s seize following his escape from jail.
The Metropolitan Police beforehand famous the previous soldier’s “ingenuity” as he managed to carry on to strapping on the underside of a supply lorry to flee from HMP Wandsworth on Wednesday morning.
The pressure had no confirmed sightings till two days later – which seemed to be when officers honed in on the 21-year-old.
Before any confirmed sighting, the Met confirmed that officers had searched the Richmond Park space on Friday morning.
The pressure then stated a member of the general public reported seeing a person matching Khalife’s description strolling away from a Bidfood van that had stopped close to the south entrance to Wandsworth Roundabout shortly after his escape.
Commander Dominic Murphy stated on Friday night that police carried out an intelligence-led search at a residential property within the Richmond space.
Mr Murphy wouldn’t say whether or not or not the handle that was being searched within the Richmond borough was linked to Khalife by household or associates.
The counter-terrorism officer stated the pressure had been “deploying resources throughout the night”.
He stated: “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.”
After finishing the search on the residential handle in Richmond, Mr Murphy stated police obtained a name at round 2am or 3am from a member of the general public who had seen Khalife within the streets in Chiswick.
He informed reporters: “We then deployed officers there and we subsequently had further sightings in the Church Street and Chiswick Mall area, where again we deployed a number of officers.
“We consider those to be confirmed sightings of him.
“And then as a result of that activity, and clearly a number of other intelligence checks that we were doing at the time, we continued to deploy officers in that area, that’s when he was found this morning at 10.41am.”
Khalife was ultimately discovered on a canal towpath in Northolt, west London, round eight miles from the place he was final seen by a member of the general public.
Asked for additional element on the arrest, Mr Murphy informed the PA news company: “The officer was responding as part of our search strategy following the call from the members of the public.
“And of course, we work really closely with intelligence partners here in counter-terrorism.
“The officer was in that area as a result of being tasked to search for Daniel, saw him on a pedal cycle, was able to pull him off that pushbike, and arrest him at that moment in time.”