The inmate who escaped from a prison work party after hotwiring a Department of Corrections vehicle has been recaptured.
Jamie Paamu Hughes, 29, an inmate at Rangipo Prison near Turangi, fled from a group working in a nearby forest about 11:15am on Tuesday.
Police say he was found on Thursday evening, hiding in the ceiling of a house in Taupo.
He will appear in Taupo District Court on Friday, charged with a number of offences relating to his escape.
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