Overview

• Qatari authorities detained Alkhalil this month while he was living under an alias, RCMP officials said.
• Investigators praised critical assistance from Qatar’s Ministry of Interior and coordination through Interpol during the three-year search.
• Work is underway to return Alkhalil to Canada, with police describing ongoing collaboration among international agencies.
• Alkhalil escaped the North Fraser Pretrial Centre in July 2022 with help from two men posing as contractors, an operation captured on facility video.
• Three men—Edward Ayoub, John Potvin and Ryan van Gool—have been charged over the breakout, and police say Potvin was arrested earlier in Spain.