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RCMP Charge Three in 2022 Alkhalil Jailbreak as Reports Point to Arrest in Qatar

Authorities say the probe also uncovered a foiled 2024 murder plot linked to one of the accused.

Rabih Alkhalil escaped from the North Fraser Pretrial Centre in July 2022. He was found guilty in absentia of first-degree murder one month later.
The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police "E" Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., on Friday April 13, 2018. The BC Prosecution Services says it has decided against laying charges against a trio of Mounties involved in the July 2021 shooting death of Jared Lowndes in Campbell River. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Police investigators look over an apparent bullet hole at the Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre restaurant where Sandip Duhre was gunned down in January 2012
In 2022, Coquitlam RCMP’s Darren Carr with CFSEU Chief Manny Mann reveales a $250,000 reward for the capture of fugitive killer Robby Alkhalil.

Overview

  • Edward Ayoub, 48, John Potvin, 49, and Ryan van Gool, 46, are charged with conspiracy to commit prison breach and prison breach over the July 21, 2022 escape from the North Fraser Pretrial Centre.
  • Police said jail video showing accomplices posing as contractors and arriving in a white Econoline van helped identify suspects in the breakout.
  • RCMP declined to confirm widespread media reports that Rabih (Robby) Alkhalil is currently in custody in Qatar, and Potvin remains wanted on a Canada-wide warrant while the others are in custody.
  • Investigators announced 17 charges in total, including allegations that van Gool and Bryce and Scott Telford conspired to murder a person in Kamloops in 2024, with an associated firearms case tied to a Maple Ridge shooting.
  • Legal commentary notes Canada has no extradition treaty with Qatar, meaning any transfer, if custody there is confirmed, would likely require diplomatic arrangements.