An Nanaimo Correctional Centre inmate who fled custody while at an escorted meeting is back in custody.
Howard Soloman O'Soup, 34, was escorted with other inmates from Nanaimo Correctional Centre to a March 29 treatment meeting in Nanaimo when he gave a B.C. Corrections officer the slip.
Gary O'Brien, Nanaimo RCMP spokesman, said Mounties picked up O'Soup in the Hollywood Motel in Surrey Thursday.
Police had received information that morning that O'Soup might be in one of two hotels in the Surrey area, O'Brien said.
When police knocked, the motel room door was answered by a male unknown to them, but they saw O'Soup inside.
"Members went to the hotel, did a door-knock and saw Mr. O'Soup, who they recognized from his photo and a press release, sitting on a bed," O'Brien said. "They took him into custody without incident. He was transported to Surrey detachment cells to be held for court."
O'Soup was held in custody to appear in Surrey provincial court Tuesday (April 17).
He will also have to serve out the remainder of his current sentence of 547 days.