Escaped Prisoners Captured in Tauranga

The two prisoners who escaped from Tongariro Rangipo Prison yesterday have been captured by police in Turangi at about 12.10am this morning.

Harrison and Narayan had told a local man they had been rafting all day and had got separated from their friends. Cold and wet they were offered a place to stay.

Turangi and Taupo Police surrounded the residential address, entered and arrested the prisoners without incident.