A 28-year-old man who escaped from New Amsterdam Prison is recaptured after police find him hiding aboard a fishing vessel. Police confirm that Budnarine Persaud, of Bath Settlement on the West Coast Berbice, is located at No. 65 Fisheries along the Corentyne Coast in Region Six.
According to reports, Persaud escapes on Monday afternoon while assigned to cleaning duties within the prison compound. The accounts add that police act on information and conduct operations in the area, finding him early Wednesday morning. One outlet specifies officers go to the location at about 03:30hrs on Wednesday, September 23, 2026, while another reports the recapture generally without the same level of timing detail.
Both sources describe the same key circumstances: the escape from the prison, the man’s identification, and his recapture while concealed in the bow area of a fishing boat at the No. 65 Fisheries site.
