Police officers have released a suspect they believed assisted the three men who broke out of the Port-of-Spain prison on Frederick Street last Friday.
The Aranguez man was yesterday detained by police for assisting three prisoners during their daring lunchtime escape from the Port-of-Spain prison.
The 38-year-old suspect, who police believe provided the Nissan Navara that was used by the prisoners as a getaway vehicle, was arrested at a mosque in Enterprise, Chaguanas, around midday yesterday by Guard and Emergency Branch officers.
Police sources said investigators had been searching for the suspect since the jailbreak, and were only able to make the arrest after they received an anonymous tip-off.
He is believed to have also supplied the weapons, which were sneaked into the prison, to the escapees.
The suspect was detained overnight at the Central Police Station on St Vincent Street, Port-of-Spain.
He was questioned by detectives and released pending further investigations.
The three escapees were Allan “Scanny” Martin, Hassan Atwell and Christopher “Monster” Selby. Martin was killed by police after he was cornered at the Port-of-Spain General Hospital minutes after he escaped. Atwell was murdered in East Port-of-Spain the following day while Selby surrendered to the police last Sunday. Selby remains in police custody and has not yet been charged for any offence.
PC Sherman Maynard was shot dead as the escapees, who were all armed, ran from the prison.