The Guyanese national who went on the run after escaping immigration custody on Monday has been recaptured.
This was confirmed by the Immigration Department’s Deputy Chief Immigration Officer Mrs. Nadia Demming-Hodge in a media release on Tuesday.
She said Ianna Thomas was back in the custody of immigration officials after the department received an anonymous call of the escapee’s location.
According to the deputy chief, Thomas escaped from the Immigration Department’s temporary detention facility at Hotel Castle Maria early on Monday, after being detained pending repatriation.
Thomas had arrived in the BVI illegally by sea in July 2022.
Demming-Hodge thanked the public for assisting in. Thomas’ recapture, and specifically the caller who provided the information on the detainee’s location.