Hunt for Khalife accomplices ‘after MI5 bugged telephones and raided protected home’

Khalife stays in police custody this morning (Sunday, September 10) after the 21-year-old was arrested within the London suburb of Northolt after 4 days on the run. The former soldier was captured after a mass land and air search at 10.41am on Saturday after being pulled off a push bike by a plain-clothed counter-terrorism officer.

Metropolitan Police mentioned Khalife, who escaped HMP Wandsworth 4 days in the past, was arrested on suspicion of being unlawfully at giant and being an escaped prisoner. He was apprehended on a canal towpath in west London, round eight miles from the place he was final seen by a member of the general public, and is now in police custody, the power mentioned.

Officers carried out an “intelligence-led search at a residential premises” within the Richmond space and, though Khalife was not discovered there, the power obtained various calls from the general public with sightings of the suspect close by.

Security sources reportedly advised The Mail on Sunday that the fugitive was apprehended after spies from the UK’s new intelligence nerve centre – made up of brokers from MI5, MI6, and specialist police – bugged the telephones of individuals they believed had been linked to the escaped convict and raided a protected home.

Police at the moment are reportedly stepping-up their hunt for doable accomplices – each for individuals who might have helped Khalife escape from Prison on Wednesday morning by clinging to the underside of a lorry, and those that might have helped him evade seize whereas at giant.

Two guards at Wandsworth Prison have been suspended following his dramatic escape, reports the Mail on Sunday. 

The Met’s counter-terrorism boss Commander Dominic Murphy advised reporters on Saturday: “In terms of the investigation, it really gathered momentum yesterday afternoon, with a number of calls from the public, but really took a different course last night, when we did an intelligence-led search in the Richmond area in the early hours of this morning.

“Whilst we didn’t find him at that search, while we were at that search, we had a number of calls from the public over the next hour or two, giving us various sightings of him.”

Mr Murphy mentioned Khalife was “fully co-operative” as he was handcuffed, with some media stories claiming he was “laughing” as he was arrested. He added police haven’t had a declare for the £20,000 reward but.

Detectives imagine the previous soldier escaped from HMP Wandsworth by strapping himself to the underside of a supply lorry after leaving the jail kitchen in a prepare dinner’s uniform. It is unclear whether or not he might be returned to the class B jail or a higher-security location.

Khalife was awaiting trial after allegedly planting a faux bomb at an RAF base and gathering info that is likely to be helpful to terrorists or enemies of the UK.