A SIXTEEN-year-old boy who escaped from the Juvenile Holding Centre at Sophia on August 9 was captured by police around midday on Thursday.

The boy, who appeared in court to answer robbery under arms and possession of illegal arms and ammunition charges, was caught on Thursday at ‘B’ Field Sophia, a senior police official told the Guyana Chronicle.

He was discovered to be missing by officials at the facility on August 9 when his mother visited the centre.

A search of the entire centre was carried out but locating him proved futile. As such, the centre’s security cameras were examined and the young man was seen walking unaccompanied to the administration building.

It was later shown that he exited the said building through a back door. The police were later informed and the facility was visited by the “A” Division Commander following which, the search commenced for his arrest.