Prison escapee caught in Khon Kaen

Somporn Pornmaha (centre) is taken into custody in Nong Rua district of Khon Kaen on Wednesday night. (Photo supplied)
On Wednesday night, Somporn Pornmaha (centre ) is detained in the Nong Rua city of Khon Kaen. ( Photo supplied )

After escaping from prison in Nakhon Ratchasima on Monday, drug prisoner Somporn Pornmaha was detained in his local state of Khon Kaen on Wednesday nights.

The 34-year-old man was apprehended by officers and corrections officials on Wednesday night at 9 p.m. in the Khon Kaen district’s Nong Rua city. Nong Rua is his home region.

According to authorities, Somporn was seen seeking funds from his mother in Nong Rua before being detained close to his residence with a bike he had stolen from Si Khiu region in Nakhon Ratchasima.

Somporn escaped from the Khao Prik Agriculture Industrial Institution in Si Khiu area while performing public services while incarcerated.

He may have completed the name of his sentence this April after serving a four-year and four-month sentence for having 99 methamphetamine pills.