Prison escapee recaptured in Albay town after 4 years

LEGAZPI CITY –– A man who escaped from prison about four years ago was arrested by the police in Daraga town, Albay on Monday evening.

A report from the Daraga police, said Mark Anthony Yacat, 27, of Virac, Catanduanes, was arrested at a checkpoint in Barangay Tabon-Tabon around 6:30 p.m.

In 2015, Yacat, with two other prisoners, broke out of the Tabaco City Police. The two were rearrested earlier.

They were accused of illegal possession of drugs and firearms. Mark Francis Banay/lzb

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