A convicted murderer, who broke out of a prison in the north-central Vietnamese province of Thanh Hoa for the fourth time on Tuesday, was recaptured and put back behind bars less than a day following his escape.

Trieu Quan Su, 32, was arrested in Thanh Hoa’s Ha Trung District on Wednesday afternoon, according to the provincial public security department.

Su stole a bicycle from a local household following his escape but it malfunctioned so he purloined another, which he wound up selling for VND100,000 (US$4.31).

Police officers in Ha Tung District’s Yen Duong Commune then captured Su while he was traveling toward National Highway 1.

A manhunt was underway for Su following his escape from T-974 prison in Thach Thanh District, Thanh Hoa at around 5:00 pm on Tuesday. 

A notice for his capture was put out the same night, and provincial police and militia members were dispatched to search for him.

This was Su’s fourth escape from prison.

In 2012, he murdered the owner of a coffee shop in Long Bien District, Hanoi and then robbed the store.  

In 2013, he received a life-sentence for murder, robbery, and desertion from the army.

He escaped custody for the first time and was recaptured later in 2014.

At the end of 2015, while serving his sentence in central Quang Ngai Province, Su once again escaped from prison.

He was arrested a month later, and was sentenced to three additional years for escaping and another three years for robbery.

In June 2020, while in prison in Quang Ngai, Su climbed the watchtower and escaped by climbing across a water pipe.

He was apprehended 15 days later at a computer game shop in Tam Ky City, Quang Nam Province.

He was serving a life sentence for murder, robbery, desertion, and prison break before his fourth escape on Tuesday.

Police considered him highly dangerous.

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