One of two men who escaped from the police lock-up in Lucea, Hanover on Sunday has been recaptured.

He is 21-year-old Demetri Marks of Blenheim district in the parish.

The police say Marks was in custody on a charge of malicious destruction of property.

They say lawmen were in the Lucea area yesterday afternoon when Marks was seen and subsequently arrested.

Still on the run is 21-year-old Jermaine Barton of Cave valley district, Hanover who was charged with the offence of possession of prohibited weapon

Reports from the Lucea police are that about 1:20 a.m. on Sunday, the men were discovered missing during a routine search of the holding cell.

They were said to have made their way out of the cell through an opening on a grilled door.

Lawmen attached to the Hanover division have launch a major investigation into the incident.

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