Police have arrested a 26-year-old man who escaped from the Alice Springs Correctional Centre earlier this week.

Police received a report after the man was found to be missing from the low security cottages around 10pm on Monday night. Police in Hermannsburg arrested the man just after 6.30 last night.

He will appear in the Alice Springs Magistrates Court today charged with escaping lawful custody.


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