Inmate arrested near Dundurn after escaping custody on Christmas

An escaped inmate who made a bid for freedom on Christmas was arrested just before New Year’s Day.

According to the RCMP, 36-year-old Martin Oochoo, an inmate at the Whitespruce Provincial Training Centre in Yorkton, was not located at the facility on Christmas Day.

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On Thursday, the Mounties announced that Oochoo was found and arrested by officers with the Saskatoon RCMP near Dundurn on December 31.

He made a court appearance that same day in Saskatoon.

But while one escaped inmate has been arrested, police in the province are on the hunt for a prisoner who escaped from the Saskatchewan Penitentiary’s minimum security unit on New Year’s Eve.

Police say Glen Frederick Richard Halkett, 31, was found to be missing during the 9:30 p.m. count on December 31 at the federal prison in Prince Albert.

Glen Frederick Richard Halkett was found to be missing during the 9:30 p.m. count on December 31 at the federal prison. (Correctional Service Canada)

Halkett was described as five-foot-eight in height, weighing 168 pounds. He has a fair complexion, brown eyes, black hair, and tattoos on his neck and beneath his left eye.

Correctional Service Canada said it is investigating the circumstances of Halkett’s escape.